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    Last night at work I was talking with this guy, who told me he'd been living in Europe the past 5 years. I asked him if he went to Spain (I'm dying to go) and he said yes so I asked him if he spoke any Spanish...
    His response was pretty much something like "FUCK no, that's just the same as Mexican!"
    Then he went on to say that French, Italian, and Spanish were all the same, because they come from Latin. He doesn't speak any of them but he speaks Latin (riiiiight). Then he told me all languages come from Latin except the "Oriental ones"...

    Now I'm a huge nerd about languages and I speak a fair amount of Spanish, and I've also taken French. They have their similarites but holy shit they aren't even close to being the same language!

    Before this I was talking to the guy's boss that was there with him, and told him I was studying Portuguese. He asks, "Oh, is that a language?"
    Um yeah, ever heard of Brazil? Or PORTUGUAL?

    I was just amazed at how ignorant this guy was, especially after claiming to live in Europe for 5 years!
    I don't think I've ever had struggle so much to just bite my tongue.

    Anyways, I just had to share it... sorry if this isn't the right place for this kind of thing, I wasn't really sure. I thought I saw a thread about stupid customer comments before, but couldn't find it for the life of me.

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    Default Re: Did you know Spanish and Mexican are the same language???!

    That's sad. I have a story similar to that... I have a tattoo in latin. One time a guy asked what it said I told him it was latin and translated it. (Mind you, I took 4 years of latin in college.) He then proceeds to tell me: "Thats not latin. I'm latino. I know latin." I asked him where he was from, he said he was mexican. I couldn't resist telling him that he knew spanish, not latin. He then corrected me further by telling me that no, he spoke latin and mexican, not spanish. Wow.

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    OMG thanks for the laugh! One thing never changes: men are stupid. haha

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arianna419 View Post
    That's sad. I have a story similar to that... I have a tattoo in latin. One time a guy asked what it said I told him it was latin and translated it. (Mind you, I took 4 years of latin in college.) He then proceeds to tell me: "Thats not latin. I'm latino. I know latin." I asked him where he was from, he said he was mexican. I couldn't resist telling him that he knew spanish, not latin. He then corrected me further by telling me that no, he spoke latin and mexican, not spanish. Wow.
    that's hilarious

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    I said that someone had /a doppleganger once and he asked why I would quote Harry Potter and which character was that?

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    Default Re: Did you know Spanish and Mexican are the same language???!

    I told a guy at work once that I was feeling pretty lethargic, and he was like, "OMG, I love when girls are horny at work and tell me about it, you are so hot!"

    I was like, "Uh...yeah..."

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    actually the native Spanish residents of Spain will tell you that the version of the language spoken in Mexico is NOT 'Spanish' !!!

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    ^^lmfao!!! And @ the harry potter comment; wow.. people are stupid sometimes.

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    The dialects do change depending on the region...one time I was visiting my friend Gracielas relatives that were in for the holidays from Mexico City and Monterrey. I was looking for my hate so I asked in Spanish "donde esta mi cachucha?" (local dialect for hat in southern NM/West TX)
    Her uncles started grinning. Down there cachucha is slang for condoms.
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    oh boy I love the idiots. I don't care if I get their money I just love the satisfaction of being a 20 year old female who can school a 40-something year old man HAHAHA

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    Quote Originally Posted by tempest666 View Post
    The dialects do change depending on the region...one time I was visiting my friend Gracielas relatives that were in for the holidays from Mexico City and Monterrey. I was looking for my hate so I asked in Spanish "donde esta mi cachucha?" (local dialect for hat in southern NM/West TX)
    Her uncles started grinning. Down there cachucha is slang for condoms.
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    Herp derp. Oh sorry. Wrong website.




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    I wanna punch all those idiots that call Spanish Mexican.





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    ^hahaha my bf does that! But he's Mexican and he just does it to mess with me.
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    Spanish and Mexican and French...the same...language?

    *gasp*

    I have been misconcieved my whole life.


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    It happens to me all the time and pisses me off to NO LIMIT! I am from Brazil therefore speak Portuguese and some idiot from time to time will insist that Portuguese and Spanish are the same language. I dont understand Spanish speakers and they dont understand me when I speak Portuguese, explain that then?
    Yes Spanish is Spain is called Catalan and in south america is called Castilian. Therefore people from Mexico, central and south america speaking countries Do not speak Spanish.

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    The word I use as a moronmeter is "plethora." Flushes dem morons out rightquicklike.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ana Paula View Post
    It happens to me all the time and pisses me off to NO LIMIT! I am from Brazil therefore speak Portuguese and some idiot from time to time will insist that Portuguese and Spanish are the same language. I dont understand Spanish speakers and they dont understand me when I speak Portuguese, explain that then?
    Yes Spanish is Spain is called Catalan and in south america is called Castilian. Therefore people from Mexico, central and south america speaking countries Do not speak Spanish.
    It is my understanding that Catalan, while spoken in Spain, is it's own distinct language.
    And that Castilian is used in some regions as another name for the Spanish language, and also sometimes to refer specifically to the variety Spanish spoken in parts Spain.
    I don't think you can say that those countries don't speak Spanish just because it's a different dialect.

    Anyway, as a student of Spanish and Portuguese I get the "But they're the same language!" a lot, also. If that's the case then I sure have wasted lots of money and time taking all these extras classes! lol
    Although they are very similar. I remember, before I started studying Portuguese, hearing music or reading something that was in Portuguese and not even realizing at first that it wasn't Spanish!
    But I'm sure a native/fluent Spanish speaker probably would've been able to tell right away.

    And I've met a surprising number of people who think that Brazilians speak Spanish...

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    i would have to get an "english" to "american" translating dictionary

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ana Paula View Post
    It happens to me all the time and pisses me off to NO LIMIT! I am from Brazil therefore speak Portuguese and some idiot from time to time will insist that Portuguese and Spanish are the same language. I dont understand Spanish speakers and they dont understand me when I speak Portuguese, explain that then?
    Yes Spanish is Spain is called Catalan and in south america is called Castilian. Therefore people from Mexico, central and south america speaking countries Do not speak Spanish.
    Hey, I speak both languages; Spanish and Portuguese, and they do look the same to me, but they sound a little bit difference. However, a lot of Spanish speakers actually understand some Portuguese.





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    I work with 2 brazilians and we communicate in a mixture of Portuguese and Espanol.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jay12 View Post
    Hey, I speak both languages; Spanish and Portuguese, and they do look the same to me, but they sound a little bit difference. However, a lot of Spanish speakers actually understand some Portuguese.
    I dont know but I had a friend who dated an argentinian and did not understand a word he was saying lol also I tried speaking Portuguese to Spanish speakers just to have them look at me with a question mark on their faces and when I have spanish speaking customers I have a very hard time understanding them and vice-versa. Maybe is just with me since I speak Carioca lol (I am from Rio).

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    Quote Originally Posted by charlie61 View Post
    The word I use as a moronmeter is "plethora." Flushes dem morons out rightquicklike.
    OMG. Love. lol.

    I have a few friends that are Brazilian, and while they do understand some spanish, they generally don't speak it. It's very different. I took french, and can understand a little spanish, but Portuguese? Not a word. lol.

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    I am Colombian and speak spanish, and my spanish sounds much much different than the spanish in Mexico..

    I hate when strangers hear me speaking spanish, and say OH YOUR MEXICAN?? or YOU SPEAK MEXICAN...

    Duuuhhhhhh people.

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    Default Re: Did you know Spanish and Mexican are the same language???!

    A while back I had a customer who tried to impress me by claiming to be fluent in "Mexican".

    Also, it's funny that someone above mentioned the word "plethora". Just last night I used that word in a conversation with a customer and he was totally shocked that I had it in my vocabulary.

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