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Espanol vs. Castellano
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ewomahony
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09 June 2011 at 10:28am | IP Logged

At school we're never told to use 'castellano' eventhough we're taught the Castillian pronunciation and dialect.

However I prefer the term 'castellano': it sounds much nicer and more cultural in my opinion, and I also prefer a more Latin American pronunciation!
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10 June 2011 at 6:59am | IP Logged

I also prefer to use Castellano over Español. It's like using English rather than
British. Castellano (or English) is one of a handful of native languages an Español (or
British) speaks.

I know some people don't bother/care to make distinction especially if it has no bearing
on their day to day life. For me, its just being detail-oriented (attention to detail).
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10 June 2011 at 4:45pm | IP Logged

I've noticed when they label the audio of films if it says "español" you can be pretty sure it's audio latino, but if it says "Castellano" then it's probably in Spanish from Spain. Actually it's been 100% this way so far in my own experience and I tend to make that distinction (mentally) myself now, even though I know it's not strictly accurate.
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10 June 2011 at 10:12pm | IP Logged

In Costa Rica we say "español". "Castellano" was used a long time ago but everybody will understand it as a synonym of "español", and normally will not be associated with the way Spaniards speak (that would be called "español de España"). When I went to primary school, in the 1970s, there was an "español" class, but some material from the 60s and before would still say "castellano".
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13 June 2011 at 2:56am | IP Logged

kerateo wrote:

Carlos Ignacio wrote:

In Chile we use both of them. 'Spanish' and 'Castellano' are the same here, but I'd say
that 'Castellano' is more used in academic circles (just an impression, though).

getreallanguage wrote:

patuco wrote:

getreallanguage wrote:

Suffice to say, if you
use 'americano', you should make sure you know enough Spanish to be ready to follow the
animated geopolitical discussion that might follow.

...depending on who you're
talking to.

Of course. Hence my use of 'might'.

And yeah... 'estadounidense' and 'nortemaricano' is the same, but 'americano' can be
either a Chilean or a Canadian. You shouldn't say 'americano' referring to a
'nortemaricano'/'estadounidense', besides the fact you'd probably misunderstood, it'll
bring an avoidably and unwelcome discussion (in English you can't say European to talk
about a German person*, it's pretty the same here).

* Unless you want to highlight the fact that Germany is an European country, of
course.

Here we use "gringos" or "gabachos" (me voy de compras a gabacholandia) :)

Hehe, "gabacholandia." I've only heard, "Me voy de compras al otro lado."

- Kat

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