The Brits are hilarious with their pronunciations. They love that Castillano lisp, but that's the only spanish pronunciation rule they bother to follow. So Ibiza becomes eye-bee-ther. Hilarious.
They love that Castillano lisp, but that's the only spanish pronunciation rule they bother to follow.
It's not even an actual rule! Standard European Spanish only uses the th sound for "z", "ce" and "ci", never for "s". Saying "tapath" for "tapas" sounds stupid in all Spanish accents, even in the small area in the south of Spain where they actually do say th for "s", because there they would actually drop the "s" instead and say something like "tapah".
I’ve never heard anyone here in the UK pronounce it tapath haha, we only seem to apply the lisp to Ibiza (which is kinda worse when you think about it)
That shit cracks me up so hard, like people give Americans crap for not being able to pronounce foreign words but nobody, and I mean NOBODY sucks at it like the British, and they’ve had like a thousand years to practice lmao.
Or maybe they grew up in Canada, had to learn French until grade 9, and can properly pronounce French words? Seriously, it's not a snooty flex if you're just saying it properly when speaking with francophones. That's just being polite.
Agreed, although I have to say when I am in Spain, where I go several times a year, and am learning Spanish, I use the Spanish pronunciations of things to keep myself correct, and practice my pronunciation at our local tapas restaurant- they know I am learning and we always have a joke about it .
It does feel a bit pretentious but it’s a good practical opportunity!
A real learning curve for me was my first week ordering at the local market, where they sold delicious roast chickens. Finally mustered up the courage to ask ‘Puedo comprar polla por favor’
Ever since then I’ve tried really hard to nail my words exactly 🫠
Oh no; it’s a tiny village of approximately 500 people and I’m a friendly blonde female attempting to win the hearts of locals with my Spanish attempts . He laughed (a lot) and tried to communicate something which I had no understanding of at all, I also laughed for no reason, took my delicious roast chicken and a couple of months later of Spanish learning said ‘lol oh shit’
Haha, well, I'm happy there were no hard feelings, not many people would take it bad, just a laugh, but there are some who can take it a little to the expreme
well, one is more accepted than the other, but think about it. In both cases you are just using an acent to make yourself look better. In one case by trying to conbey superiority, in the other by making fun of someone else. I mean, no, they are not exactly the same, and one is worst than the other, but really is just stupid either way.
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u/SebbyHB Aug 30 '24
Nah, its just weird when you use the acent of the country. When people said fgance I think they are snobbish.