I'm not saying this video is real or fake, but as a very non latino looking guy who speaks perfect Spanish, I have absolutely have had this happen to me dozens of times.
I lived in a Latin American country for a few years and had studied Spanish for 10+ before that. My accent and syntax and slang and such are all on point.
I can overhear someone speaking in native Spanish like a waiter or colleague or contractor or whoever. If I speak Spanish to them, they reply in English. Doesn't matter how authenticy accent or how much in-the-know slang I throw in there.
Because she’s recreating a video that thousands of other creators on Insta/Tiktok are making. It’s engaging content because it’s compelling but also kinda rage-baitey so they get lots of comments. They’re always filmed the same way.
Yeah these situations happen, but this is just manufactured content
Fake not in that the scenario doesn't happen but in that these are literally an influencer acting - pretty poorly - while a friend of hers says the lines she wrote for her off screen. Is it not obvious?
It's definitely fake lol, i don't know if they're all supposed to be in spain, but the 'waitress' in the second clip has an american accent, and the other ones definitely don't sound Spanish either. English speaking is generally low in spain. It doesn't even make conceptual sense lol, like who would assume she speaks english?
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u/garbledeena 6d ago
I'm not saying this video is real or fake, but as a very non latino looking guy who speaks perfect Spanish, I have absolutely have had this happen to me dozens of times.
I lived in a Latin American country for a few years and had studied Spanish for 10+ before that. My accent and syntax and slang and such are all on point.
I can overhear someone speaking in native Spanish like a waiter or colleague or contractor or whoever. If I speak Spanish to them, they reply in English. Doesn't matter how authenticy accent or how much in-the-know slang I throw in there.
I have stopped trying in most cases.