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The Only People Who Speak Castellano Are The ing Spaniards... Their Like the Spanish Version Of The God Damned Brits The Snotty Bloody Bas s.
The Only People Who Speak Castellano Are The ing Spaniards... Their Like the Spanish Version Of The God Damned Brits The Snotty Bloody Bas s.
I don't know what it has to do with the argument at hand, but I used to work with a guy who moved here from Colombia and the quickest way to set him into a red-hot rage was to call him Mexican. Just thought I'd throw that in...
Most people would just be glad that you cared enough about their language to even learn it....
Castellano is Spanish with some minor differences... the key is that those differences aren't enough to make you less understood.
That works for anyone that's Hispanic/Latino and isn't Mexican.I don't know what it has to do with the argument at hand, but I used to work with a guy who moved here from Colombia and the quickest way to set him into a red-hot rage was to call him Mexican. Just thought I'd throw that in...
Why the animosity though?
If someone confused my Irish-American cracker ass for Canadian or British, I'd correct them, but I wouldn't get all pissed and challenge them to fights in the parking lot (which he did on a regular basis...we used to ask him what part of Mexico he came from just to watch his blood boil...good times
Since the US Latino population is mostly Mexican and people confuse us non Mexicans with them, it's really irritating. It's a totally different culture and if Puerto Ricans were the majority here in the US, we wouldn't want to be called Puerto Ricans either. It's nationalism.Why the animosity though?
If someone confused my Irish-American cracker ass for Canadian or British, I'd correct them, but I wouldn't get all pissed and challenge them to fights in the parking lot (which he did on a regular basis...we used to ask him what part of Mexico he came from just to watch his blood boil...good times
I hear Japanese people hate being called Chinese so it's just the same.
I see your point, but the Japanese/Chinese thing might be a little different. There is deep seated, war-related there that runs a little deeper than garden variety nationalism.
Why the animosity though?
If someone confused my Irish-American cracker ass for Canadian or British, I'd correct them, but I wouldn't get all pissed and challenge them to fights in the parking lot (which he did on a regular basis...we used to ask him what part of Mexico he came from just to watch his blood boil...good times
Same with any nationality I guess.
Go to NYC & call a Puerto Rican a Dominican & see what happens.
As someone else posted, calling a Chinese Japanese can even kick it off.
On mainland Japan many don't recognize Okinawans as Japanese.
Aren't Japanese and Chinese people all called chinos in spanish?
don't know if this is a joke or not, but just to clarify, no, in spanish Japanese people are called Japoneses and Chinese people are called Chinos
Nah.. no joke. I know a dude from Peru who told me any asian is called a chino.
well I wouldn't know about that sort of thing because us Argies have a very distinct accent that can be recognized by anyone who has ever met an Argentinian. With the exception of our more northern provinces, their accent could be confused with Paraguayan and Bolivian, but other than that its preety much unique. To answer your question though, I wouldn't get pissed if someone asked me if I was Uruguayan (they have virtually the exact same accent as people in Buenos Aires, Argentina), I would just correct them.I don't know what it has to do with the argument at hand, but I used to work with a guy who moved here from Colombia and the quickest way to set him into a red-hot rage was to call him Mexican. Just thought I'd throw that in...
well, obviously the guy knows better but decided to generalise, or else he is ignorant. That or he was kidding
That doesn't matter too much. Here in the US, anyone who speaks Spanish is thought of to be Mexican especially in the South. Anyone who speaks Spanish in Florida is probably thought to be Cuban and the NYC area is probably thought to be Puerto Rican or Dominican... depending where.
That's my parents right there for you. I have to correct them all the time that "chinos" aren't people of Asian decent (although saying they're Asian is still wrong since Asia is a big freaking continent.) Anyway Spanish isn't PC as English.
You really are re ed.The Only People Who Speak Castellano Are The ing Spaniards... Their Like the Spanish Version Of The God Damned Brits The Snotty Bloody Bas s.
By the way, how are the tall blacks doing?
He was just being ignorant, probably on purpose, just like some Americans calling Asians s, gooks, etc
That's not even the same thing. Yes it's ignorance but those words you just said are derogatory. Chances are if you see a person who looks "Chinese", you'll say they are "chinese" or "chino" even though they may not be.
Or you could say they look Asian. Just like if you seem someone who looks like they may be Mexican or South American, you could say they look Hispanic or Latino.
Asian also includes people from India, Pakistan, etc so that's a very broad (unless I'm using it incorrectly) but I would use that term in English if the situation came up. What's the equilavent in Spanish?
asiático
Ok found the translation and I've never even heard anyone being called that.
trust me its not the same thing. English idiom doesn't always translate into Spanish very well. Either way, I find it easy to tell the difference between the Chinese and the Japanese. Now, the difference between the Chinese and the Taiwanese, thats a whole different matter.
Yeah I can tell the difference too between Japanese and Chinese. But not so much when Koreans enter the scene and so on. Is there a word in Spanish that has the safety net of "Asian" so you won't get someone offended if you can't tell the difference? I bet the only real safe choice you have is just asking them.
By Mexican, I mean "from Mexico."
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