Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I completely agree your opinion about Spain Un abrazo Lluis El 11/05/2014, a las 16:54, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> escribi?: > While it is true that the US has English and Spanish as the two main > languages, the variations in the way English is spoken is huge as well, > even if they are not formally recognized as different dialects. When I > lived in Buffalo, I was 100% fluent in English, meaning the British and NE > US variety; but I could not understand people in South Carolina when we > stopped at a rest area on our way to Florida. > > Also keep in mind that Spain was unified only in the 15th century; prior > to that it was a bunch of separate kingdoms, and so the regional > identities have remained. And I suspect that until the 20th century most > people never left the town or the province they lived in. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > On May 11, 2014, at 3:42 PM, Howard Ritter wrote: > >> Thanks, Nathan. I'm always intrigued and fascinated by the existence of >> dialectical differences and linguistic regions within European countries >> that nominally have a single official or characteristic language, a >> phenomenon so unfamiliar to us USians. >> >> ?howard >> >> On May 11, 2014, at 1:21 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Howard. All the signs in Busot are in Valenciano, a local dialect >>> of Catalan and the official language in the Comunitat Valenciana, to >>> which Alicante belongs. In the bigger towns like Alicante, signs are in >>> both Spanish and Valenciano; but in small places like Busot, especially >>> inland, they are in Valenciano only. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Nathan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information