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there is about million english people in spain and they dont speak spanish should they learn? or they should be deported?
x_Nikkyy... not me amigo just "mio amigo"
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I think that they should learn ONE OF the Spanish languages – not necessarily Castilian, but the language that is most popularly used in the area where they live. In many areas of Spain, and in certain communities Castilian Spanish is not even widely spoken or understood – http://www.tumbit.com/blogs/541-spanish-regional-languages-for-or-against.html
if they want to me amigo!
Adios!
yes they should
No they wont have to, thanks to the USA the whole World will speak English soon.
When in Spain, do as the Spaniards do. It should be that way in all countries, even the USA. If I go to live in another country it is my duty to speak their language. Not their duty to speak mine.
Personally, if I was going to move to Spain, I’d learn Spanish, just out of courtesy.
I guess Spain could enact laws like they have in French Canada, where if you want to live there, you must speak French, but I doubt the Spanish people want to be placed in the same category as the French-Canadians.
I think it would be respectful to learn about their culture and at least a little if their langauge, think of it as how would you feel if a spanish person had no english or idea of your way of life??!!
They should definitely learn, im sick of people coming to america not speaking english now we have to press 1 for english when we call businesses and it seriously is rediculous if youre in a country where they dont speak your language, learn theirs. Its just common sense and if you dont its very insulting.
The English people living in Spain should really make an effort to learn Spanish – not just to keep the Spaniard’s happy, but to make their own lives in Spain much more enjoyable. There are so many more opportunities in life – both social and economic – being able to speak the main language where you live.
Should they be deported for not speaking Spanish? No! That’s too much. And it does take time to learn a language, especially if you’re spending most of your time hanging out in expat communities rather than integrating with the locals.
A side-note for x_Nikkyy and Jessica:
Both "me amigo" and "mio amigo" are wrong… It should be "mi amigo".
E.g. "he’s my friend" : "es mi amigo"
"mio" is used in a different way
e.g. "the book is mine" : "el libro es mio"
Yes, they should. They would not accept it at all were Spaniards in the UK not to speak English.
Then again, they often think: "It is because of us that your economy runs" so they think to have special rights.
@Tumbit:
Hi, your knowlewdge about the matter of languages in Spain is is quite laughable Mr. Tumbit. How you dare to say that “In many areas of Spain, and in certain communities Castilian Spanish is not even widely spoken or understood”?.
See it is just the other way: In EVERY possible area or region of Spain EVERYBODY understands and speaks spanish. Then there are some regions like Cataluña, Valencia, Euskadi and Galicia mainly where additionally people can speak a SECOND SPANISH LANGUAGE!. A minority of people use this regional language with preference over official spanish in some areas witin these regions, but obviously there are ALL able to understand it and speak it!.
I am a spaniard myself and dont know of a single place in Spain where people would be unable to spaek spanish besides their own regional language!.
So please, do your own research before posting inaccuracies and making a complete fool of yourself!
Mr “This is Funny”, The very definition of a Blog is that it is an account or an opinion based on ones Personal experiences and NOT a cold statement of fact.
My ‘personal experience’ is that, living in a small rural village in Inland Valencia where most of the population are quite elderly, the vast majority of the population of the Village speak Valenciano. Indeed, just this morning I have come from my daughter’s school (where, incidentally, she will not be taught Castillian until the age of 11) where the whole of the meeting was conducted in Valenciano. When another attendee of the meeting (Spanish, from Galicia) asked for the meeting to be held in Castillian, the teacher refused, citing that they did not speak the language well enough to be able to do this.
I don’t feel foolish for expressing MY opinions or experiences here, sorry if I have offended you in some way…
@Tumbit:
Of course there are many communities in Spain and many local governmental premises in which the local language is spoken with preference over official spanish, but this doesnt mean that “Castilian Spanish is not even widely spoken or understood” there as you were implying.
People in those areas are BILINGUAL and although they use the local language with preference over official spanish they speak and understand spanish fluently aswell!. Again, I dont know of a single area within Spain in which official spanish is not spoken or understood.
It always amazes me the HUGE ammount of british people that finish living in Spain and opening a blog in which they share their views about Spain and spaniards. It amazes me even more that they are very frequently biased and their views about the spanish reality are always very superficial and stereotyped and many times very much ridiculous, even for those brits that have already been living in Spain for several years.
Many of these people live in their own guettos of british expats and have NEVER made the effort of speaking spanish so go figure which is their level of immersion in the spanish culture. They live in Spain as if they were explorers in India!.
Many brits (mainly the elderly with a post-victorian education) have a very bizarre image of Spain of exoticness and orientalism that very little has to do with reality.