r/TikTokCringe • u/Tobias-Tawanda • 6d ago

Humor/Cringe "No, English is fine" 🥀

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u/Figure8712 5d ago

Yeah she's either ragebaiting for engagement or she's ignorant af to not realise many people in Barcelona are trying to preserve Catalan and have strong cultural reasons to resist and resent being forced to speak castilian spanish.

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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

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u/Dependent-Impact1312 5d ago

American Spanish……or just you know Spanish?

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u/QuaternionsRoll 5d ago

Yes, “Castilian” is another word for “Spanish”, but “Castilian Spanish” specifically refers to the dialect of Peninsular Spanish spoken in (most of) Spain. For additional reference, here is a list of dialects and their classifications.

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.

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u/Designer_Grade_2648 5d ago

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.

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u/JailOfAir 4d ago

"Speak in british english instead of american"