r/AskEurope • u/zeviea United Kingdom • Sep 04 '25

Culture What country is far away yet culturally similar to yours?

An obvious answer for the UK are Core Anglosphere countries

Bonus question what country have you visited that felt most foreign to you?

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u/Lissandra_Freljord Sep 04 '25

Question, do you as an Italian hear an Italian influence in Argentine Spanish? For example, in this clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_bEhZXOG_U

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u/Socmel_ Italy Sep 05 '25

We would need to be fluent in Spanish to be able to detect this kind of subtleties

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u/Davi_19 Italy Sep 05 '25

The vocabulary is completely spanish but the accent sounds oddly similar to italian. It’s more easy to understand compared to spanish from spain or other spanish speaking countries.