Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Valenciano is una tonter?a (a joke). The only place I ever hear it is in some god-forsaken inland village. I have never heard it on the street in Valencia, Alicante or Benidorm. There is a TV channel broadcasting in that language, which I watch from time to time--when they have a football game I want to see :-) Linguistically, it is indeed just a dialect of Catalan. But the difference is that Catalan is widely used, including in Barcelona, there is literature in it etc. Valenciano is a dying language, being artificially maintained by wasting schoolchildren's time learning it instead of something useful like German. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On May 25, 2011, at 11:36 AM, PHC wrote: > Careful Lluis - certain factions in Valencia would lynch you if you > suggest that Valenciano is really Catalan! It is, of course, but it seems > to be a sore subject... > > I did live in Valencia for a couple of years - and a GREAT couple of years > they were too - but sadly my Valenciano could hardly be considered beyond > the infantile. My Castillano isn't much better now I come to think of it. > > I leave the linguistic stuff to 'Er indoors. I speak the universal > language of photography! (Although some might say my pronunciation is a > little stilted...) > > Take care, > > P. > > Paul Hardy Carter > www.paulhardycarter.com > www.theconstanteye.com > www.twitter.com/paulhardycarter > Skype: paulhardycarter > Location and Directions > Mobile: +44 (0)75 4018 1784 > Studio: +44 (0)20 7277 0778 > > > > > > > On 24 May 2011, at 21:46, Lluis Ripoll wrote: > >> Hi Paul, >> >> Thank you very much for your kind comment, I was quite surprised of your >> Catalan language understood, I remember you have a greta series of >> Valencia, maybe this is the reason? >> >> cheers >> Lluis >> >> >> El 24/05/2011, a las 11:33, PHC escribi?: >> >>> Very nice Lluis. I particularly like the Catalan 'Guillotine Humour': >>> >>> RETALLEM DESPESA POLITICA >>> >>> P. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >