How do other Europeans view Iberian countries? and non Europeans? (Portuguese, climate)
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Originally Posted by Catbelle
LOL.
Nice to hear the fit thing.
well, compared to people in my country (USA), Spaniards are fit.
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I have always wondered how we sound to foreigners, the accent and that stuff, those two words are very well known yeah
well, compared to Mexican spanish (which is what I am use to since I am of Mexican ancestry), peninsula spanish is lipsy compared to Mexican spanish. however, it's still comprehendable, unlike caribbean spanish.
more "cosmopolitan", "hedonistic" and "modern" than Greece but not modern than other European countries
more "advanced" and "enthusiastic" than Portugal
more "chaotic" and "noisy" than Germany
more "traditional" and "passionate" than the UK
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I agree with most of this.
Just need to add one or a few adjustments to it.
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Poorer than the UK, more corrupt than the UK, higher unemployment than the UK, less competitive than the UK, less innovative than the UK, more child poverty than the UK, massive exodus to the UK (Spaniards are the new Poles).
Totally agreed.
In my opinion they are not only old fashion and traditional than most countries (except Portugal, Malta, Sicily, Greece and Cyprus).
But are also more poorer, skinner, less creative, more aggressive than other countries (except Portugal, Malta, Sicily Greece and Cyprus again).
They are also mostly distant looking from other Europeans along with Portuguese, Sicilians, Maltese, Greeks and Cypriots.
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Originally Posted by Catbelle
LOL.
Nice to hear the fit thing.
I have always wondered how we sound to foreigners, the accent and that stuff, those two words are very well known yeah
It looks like a poem.
You Spaniards sound very very different and quite distant to a lot of foreigners in the world except for people from the Mediterranean proper (Portugal, Sicily, Malta, Sardinia, Greece, Cyprus and Turkey), the Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia), North Egypt, The Levant (Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria), parts of the Arabian peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Qatar), the Mesopotamian (Iraq), Persian countries (such for example Iran, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan), South Asian countries (Pakistan, Kashmir and North India) and Latin America (Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Costa Rico, Cuba and Puerto Rico).
You Spaniards sound very very different and quite distant to a lot of foreigners in the world except for people from the Mediterranean proper (Portugal, Sicily, Malta, Sardinia, Greece, Cyprus and Turkey), the Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia), North Egypt, The Levant (Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria), parts of the Arabian peninsula (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Qatar), the Mesopotamian (Iraq), Persian countries (such for example Iran, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan), South Asian countries (Pakistan, Kashmir and North India) and Latin America (Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Costa Rico, Cuba and Puerto Rico).
LOL, No it is more than just a poem.
More like a judgement of truth.
In your line
It seems that you have met and spoke to all those nationalities and you even remember their accent.
It seems that you have met and spoke to all those nationalities and you even remember their accent.
LOL, Do not be so surprised.
Yes, Many of those nationalities and their accents have also sounded much more foreign than many others which did not sound as foreign, sorry but truth to be told.
well, compared to Mexican spanish (which is what I am use to since I am of Mexican ancestry), peninsula spanish is lipsy compared to Mexican spanish. however, it's still comprehendable, unlike caribbean spanish.
Yeah I have some friends who study Spanish as a second language and they say the European one is hardest to understand than the Americas one. What does lipsy mean?
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LOL, Do not be so surprised.
Yes, Many of those nationalities and their accents have also sounded much more foreign than many others which did not sound as foreign, sorry but truth to be told.
Is that offensive? not for most of people... I don't have problem about sounding foreigner. for us is nice.
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Yeah I have some friends who study Spanish as a second language and they say the European one is hardest to understand than the Americas one. What does lipsy mean?
I am just giving you a hard time of how spaniards like to put emphasis on c sounds that sound like th in english. but i disagree that european spanish is harder to understand, at least in the academics. mexican academics like to use loads of archaic words in spanish that are a nightmare for the ones whose spanish isn't as strong as it should be, lol.
I am just giving you a hard time of how spaniards like to put emphasis on c sounds that sound like th in english. but i disagree that european spanish is harder to understand, at least in the academics. mexican academics like to use loads of archaic words in spanish that are a nightmare for the ones whose spanish isn't as strong as it should be, lol.
Yet, the Spanish every American learns is academic Mexican Spanish. Also considering the plethora of Mexican TV programming in the US, Mexican Spanish should be the easiest to learn for Americans just by exposure alone
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Many things written in the last posts are only generalizations.
It is, without a doubt, my post is the only one based on fact, not opinion
Yeah I have some friends who study Spanish as a second language and they say the European one is hardest to understand than the Americas one. What does lipsy mean?
Cat, I'm a native Spanish speaker and from Latin America and even I sometimes have problems understanding the peninsulares north of Andalucía. The only people I can most easily understand are from the Canaries. Of course, Canary Spanish and Puerto Rico/Caribbean Spanish are almost identical . Spaniards north of Andalucía, to my ears, speak a combination of fast Spanish and mumbling too much. WhenIlistentoSpanishTVit'slikereadingsentencesthat havenospacesinbetweenwords.
What about the 750.000 britons (mostly elderly) retiring and living in spain..
There are more, also kids...I'd say there are 2.000.000, many are working, Life quality is nicer, more so if you hate nasty weather.
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not for most of people... I don't have problem about sounding foreigner. 
but i disagree that european spanish is harder to understand, at least in the academics. mexican academics like to use loads of archaic words in spanish that are a nightmare for the ones whose spanish isn't as strong as it should be, lol.