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No , some of what he has done has been very good , some of what he has done has been absolute rubbish , most of what he has done could yet fall either way .Quote:
Although what he has done for the country has been very good.
Look, you lot can bang on as much as you like about this one, but I've been living in Catalonia for 11 years, I'm married to a Catalan, & even here people think that telling chavez to shut up was a good thing.
PS. Portugal bloke with the knowledge about "romance languages" you're wrong, what he said first was shut up the second part was not some polite version that can be construed as tadadeeedadedaa he said Why don't you shut up
Of course maybe me & every other spaniard I've spoken too is wrong, but I'm not and neither are they. ¡Pues callate, *****!
Sorry to be another bloke who wrongly thinks he's got some knowledge of Latin languages, but as far as I know the king's '¡Por qué no te callas!' is far less vulgar than your '¡Pues callate, *****!'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prodigal
I shall assume you didn't mean that towards King_of_Portugal, but as a general note of interest about the Spanish language. ~;)
The interpretation probably also depends on the differences between Spanish and Latin American Spanish.
Yes it's indeed. If he had said that, Chavez would have probably abandoned the place or laughed involuntarily at the old crook face.Quote:
Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat
No it doesn't. If you said that to me I'd probably react in an unfriendly way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Caravel
I couldn't understand the rest of your post, but this part is amusing. Wouldn't spaniards have more reasons to support their king than anybody else? What weight do your words have in the context?:inquisitive:Quote:
Originally Posted by Prodigal
Well you've to think like us. If you tell a joke about the english now I'd probably not understand it because of cultural differences. We've this stereotype here, we consider spaniards, specially the ones from Galicia, to be rigid thinkers and somewhat stupid. For example, I assume you know the joke about how many x do you need to change a bulb, right, well we do that joke with spaniards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philipus
Catalonians aren't exactly Spaniads, and they don't exactly have a rosy view of the central government.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soulforged
Thanks for the info, though as an autonomous community of Spain, it is still subject to the spaniard State. Unless I understand the term spaniard wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla
Nm.
In Latin America it would be seen as very rude to say to someone "¿Por qué no te callas?", one may as well say "¡cállate!" or "¡cállate la boca!" in fact. In Spain I've no idea how it could be construed, but I can't see how it could be in any way polite, especially given the circumstances.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soulforged
It is quite common for regions to be quite different to the central government. Think of Texas vs USA, Western Australia vs Australia, New Zealand vs Australia :laugh4:.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soulforged
You can be part (or not quite part of) a Federation or a good relationship and still have a negative view of the central government... also in a Democracy the state is their on behalf of the people so it is the Spaniard state that would be the subject of all its peoples including the Catalonian's.
I think it's rather like the relationship the Scottish or Welsh have with the English. Or the Bretons with the French.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soulforged
Maybe we can merge threads:
http://www.france24.com/france24Publ...rt-rebels.html