I worry about them all the time. You think blacks hate whites so much, you should see how much the radical Hispanics hate Me because Paternal Grandfather was born in Mexico. European ancestry (mixed), definitely not the pale-skinned type, but they don’t care. He was born there, so his family is Mexican -and so they insist that I am as well. *snicker*
I have to try so hard not to laugh when they start with accusations of Betraying Your Race, and go on from there. They just hate My guts, especially when I tell them I don’t speak spanish (mexican, actually -an old girlfriend from Madrid was quite insitant in maintaining the distinction)!
Yes, Spanish from Spain is different from Spanish from Mexico but if you understand a Spanish speaker from either, for a real hoot, try having a conversation with someone from Cuba.
My wife too maintains that “mexican” is not proper
Spanish.
She was absolutely correct. It wasn't until I traveled to Spain that I realized I hadn't wasted 3 years in school learning Spanish. It wasn't me, it was the Mexicans and Central Americans I was exposed to who couldn't speak it but that's all I ever heard and tried to understand. Going to Spain was like flipping a fluency switch in my head.
Technically, the language is Castillan. Spain is made up of several different distinct nations, not unlike Great Britain.
If you speak Spanish in Barcelona, and they know you’re from Spain, they will not talk to you unless you speak Catalan.
I know that the Spanish have a low opinion of the Mexican version of the Spanish language. Mexicans mangle it. My guess is in some areas a lot of Indian words and slang are incorporated.