Spanish speakers thing we speak quickly as well (it is almost an illusion caused by lack of comprehension); sometimes they (like us) may speak quickly if they don’t want others to understand.
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Understand! Being a Texan for almost 71 years, I’m told that I speak with a bit of a slow drawl. I also hear others in the same way. .......Drives me crazy to hear some of the blabbering females on cable news speaking with a high, screechy, nasal voice like a 45 rpm record being played on 78 rpm. lol ...I only pick up about every third word they say, because they talk like gattling guns shoot.
“Drives me crazy to hear some of the blabbering females on cable news speaking with a high, screechy, nasal voice like a 45 rpm record being played on 78 rpm.”
Too funny! I look at the differences even on Spanish TV itself; some of the newscasts I can understand a bit, while others are undoubtedly speaking more quickly. The ones that are easier to understand are geared towards Spanish speakers in the US (basically US news in Spanish), while the faster speakers seem to be geared towards Spanish speakers in their own countries (with a bit more fluency).