Why does Spanish provoke so many passions and hatred?

puta   Sun Apr 25, 2010 10:02 pm GMT
At least here on Antimoon. Why?
One who knows   Sun Apr 25, 2010 10:13 pm GMT
I think Spanish is kind of a love or hate language for many people. I neither like nor dislike it though.
Sportman   Sun Apr 25, 2010 10:14 pm GMT
That's easy.

Spanish is one of the fastest growing languages in the World.

There is a new World order also in languages and English, Spanish, Chinese and in a lesser degree Arabic are the new "must-learn" languages.

On the other hand, other languages like French and German and also Japanese are the losers of this new World linguistic order.

So, some French and German people (adding some Anglos pro-French) are not very happy.

Chinese and Arabic are no so hatred because they are not really seen as enemies. These languages are very difficult and very far of the Western World.

But Spanish is easy and it is the most spoken Western language. They feel that this languages is really strong and more difficult to attack.
PC   Sun Apr 25, 2010 10:22 pm GMT
Yes, you are right Sportman.

But the economy always wins.

Spanish is a language spoken by over 500 million people and all together have the second World economy (Hispanics in USA, Mexico, Spain, Latin America, etc).

Besides, Spanish is a phonetic language and grammatically easy.

Thanks to these important reasons a lot of French, German, English, Japanese, Brazilian or American students choose Spanish as subject and not other languages.

In short, that is the reason to be the second most studied language Worldwide.
Gate-crasher   Sun Apr 25, 2010 10:37 pm GMT
Because Spanish is destined to become world's most important language, so jealous people pick on Spanish because they know that their language is inferior.
F off   Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:25 pm GMT
There's no such thing as an inferior language, you fool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
zomb   Mon Apr 26, 2010 5:09 am GMT
It is for the same reason that superior people get annoyed at Brittany Spears being more popular than Mozart. Yes, Spanish is popular, but at the same time it lacks substance and class. It is vulgar and populist, unlike the superior languages of art and culture like German, English and French.
latino   Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:00 am GMT
(Pido a algún hispano que por cortesia hacia los que "todavía" no entienden el español que traduzca esto, gracias).

Hay algunos que confunden "cultura con poder" con "cultura superior".
Hay algunos que confunden "mi cultura" con "la mejor cultura".
hay algunos que confunden "cultura masiva" con "cultura inferior".

"aperitivo" de Cultura latina latina:
Música: Placido Domingo
Literatura : Cervantes, Garcia Marquez
Pintura: Goya, Picasso, Botero
......
Insignificantes ¿no?

En el momento actual "lo wasp" es incapaz de asimilar que a ellos en este siglo lo estan superando "lo chino" y "lo latino".

La cultura protestante/ anglo esta basada en el beneficio /dinero y mientras de beneficios funciona, pero cuando deja de darlos ¿que queda?
Y es incapaz de entender que una cultura latina basada en el sentimiento la este absorviendo dado que al final lo único que queda es el sentimiento.

¿Por que gana lo latino?

porque "solo es" un sentimiento y se basa :

- El mestizaje con lo cual es eternamente viejo con las raices y sabiduría que eso da y "eternamente joven" con la vitalidad y energía que eso da.

- no pertenece a nadie pero "si acaso al mestizo" que en el fondo somos todos.

- tiene un arma poderosisima el español que nació para ser una Koiné desde el principio y permite infinidad de acentos sabrosones "unidad en la diversidad".

http://libertadlinguistica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=2

- tiene un centro enorme y aislado America.

- No exige nada, ni renunciar a nada el pertenecer al club porque en el fondo cada latino de donde realmente es "es de su pueblo". pero sin embargo todo el que no es latino "aún" identifica a un latino rapidamente.

- Da una cantidad de beneficios tangibles e intangibles incleibles pertenecer a él.

- Los demas idiomas tienen una capital ingles/ USA, Chino/ China Hindi /India, arabe/Egipto.... etc. Lo latino en cambio ¿de quien es?:
Estados unidos, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Brasil, Argentina, Filipinas, Guinea Ecuatorial, La península ..... ¿? de todos y de ninguno por lo tanto no caerá caiga quien caiga.

- esta siempre como cultura joven y mestiza que es constantemente en expansión , en este momento la nueva frontera esta en Vancouver, Rabat, Toulosuse y Manila.

- Cae simpática porque no tiene poder y es un sentimiento alegre y poderoso.


La reaccion en este momento del mundo protestante es de:

Asombro en Oslo
Incredulidad en Londres
Miedo en Dakota (1º linea de combate y completamente rodeados)



(Lo siento no sé escribir inglés)
Matematik   Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:30 am GMT
<<Besides, Spanish is a phonetic language and grammatically easy. >>

No it's not, basic Spanish grammar is easy, like basic present and past verb conjugation, but once you get out of basic and start hitting the intermediate and advanced grammar things start to get muddled and complex.

People who say Spanish is a grammatically easy languages have either never learnt it and just repeating what others say, or they've never learnt it past the basics.
Matematik   Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:31 am GMT
In quite a few cases French grammar is easier than Spanish.
latino   Mon Apr 26, 2010 11:46 am GMT
corolario, resumen y denostración de mi pos en mi opinión.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_JXc1Yoh70
lol   Mon Apr 26, 2010 12:04 pm GMT
About the Spanish being more difficult to learn, I'm sure someone's going to turn that around and say that Spanish is just too good for some people to learn properly or something.
Franco   Mon Apr 26, 2010 12:09 pm GMT
Maybe my opinion is not objective but if I put myself in learners' shoes verbs are tough but the rest is relatively easy. Genders are difficult to grasp too, but all IE languages have genders aside from English and other pathological cases. German has 3 genders, whereas Spanish has 2,so it could be worse. Also you can predict gender of a word in Spanish with relative accuracy. Chances that words ending in -o are masculine and those ending in -a are feminine are big. Those that end in -e are more difficult to tell gender a priori.
Athleteman   Mon Apr 26, 2010 12:44 pm GMT
That's easy.

French is one of the fastest growing languages in the World.

There is a World order also in languages and English, French, Russian and in a lesser degree Arabic are the new "must-learn" languages.

On the other hand, other languages like Spanish and Chinese and also Hindi are the losers of this new World linguistic order.

So, some French and German people (adding some Anglos pro-French) not very happy.

Russian and Arabic are no so hatred because they are not really seen as enemies. These languages are very difficult and very far of the Western World.

But French is clear and precise and it is the most spoken Western language. They feel that this languages is really strong and more difficult to attack.
Laptop   Mon Apr 26, 2010 12:49 pm GMT
Yes, you are right Athleteman.

But the economy always wins.

French is a language spoken by over 650 million people and all together have the second World economy (Francophones in USA, France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Francophone Africa etc).

Besides, French is a precise language and most effective tool for communication.

Thanks to these important reasons a lot of Hispanics, German, English, Japanese, Brazilian or American students choose French as subject and not other languages.

In short, that is the reason to be the second most studied language Worldwide.