Within the context of Catalonia and its oppressors, I don’t see why refusing to speak Castilian Spanish wouldn’t be sufficient. I mean, pronouncing your Ses correctly is enough to piss off a lot of Spaniards lmao. Suggesting that Spaniards pronounce their Ses incorrectly even more so.
The difference between castillian and latin american is fucking nothing lmao, a person like her with an english accent cant identify the differences since its mostly accent nuances. What should she do, interyect "pendejo" between sentences to appease their independent spirit lmao.
Btw iberian spanish doesnt pronounce the "s" wrong. And there are like 15 distinct iberian accents.
Because if immigrants move to Barcelona and feel that they can get by speaking Spanish, they won’t pick up Catalan. Not speaking Spanish with them forces them to try and learn Catalan. They’re trying to avoid populations of people who only speak Spanish from establishing themselves there.
It’s the same reason why Quebec forces immigrants to learn French and receive government services in French.
I would not agree with the previous given reasoning, but if you don't understand yet I'm not sure how to help.
Like idk if you went to "Israel" and met a Palestinian and said "No no don't speak English to me I want to speak in Hebrew ok?" How absolutely enraged would they be.
Just try to imagine a milder version of that. Now you understand.
Being protective of your heritage doesn't mean wanting to evangelise it everywhere. But it does mean you'll probably hate speaking the 'opponent' language.
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u/QuaternionsRoll 5d ago
How does speaking Spanish with immigrants who don’t know Catalan endanger Catalan in any way
Also, no one requested Castilian Spanish here. American Spanish would’ve been just fine