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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Spain
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One quick question
One question. I´m Spanish (from Spain
 ) and I been thinking that spaniard is a synonim of spanish (but spaniard is only for the people of Spain).The other day one friend told me that spaniard has a negative meaning (like calling someone redneck or nigger or something like) It is true? |
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08-20-2004, 06:43 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Fairfax, VA
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Not in any context I'm familiar with...
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08-20-2004, 06:44 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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FWIW, I've never heard any negative attached to the word in that manner.
There's also no such reference to any negative connotation in the 3 sources at dictionary.com
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08-20-2004, 06:47 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Spain
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Thanks boys. And my ex-chief told me that I waste my time in the forums.....
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08-20-2004, 08:30 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Port Angeles, WA or Helm's Deep
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 Inigo: I give you my word as a Spaniard. Westley: No good. I've known too many Spaniards.
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08-20-2004, 09:45 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: New Jersey
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I hope there isn't a negative connotation as I've used the term with a friend of mine who is from Spain. He didn't seem to take offense.
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08-20-2004, 09:52 AM
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Hockey Boy
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Royal Oak, MI
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I've never heard of any negative connotation either. I call a friend of mine The Spaniard. He's British. But his last name is Main. So his nickname started off as "The Spanish Main" and then became "The Spaniard."
Also, Russel Crowe's nickname in Gladiator was "The Spaniard." How can that possibly be a bad thing to call anyone?
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08-20-2004, 10:23 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
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Being called Dutch, however, there you have a potential problem...
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08-20-2004, 10:36 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Placerville, CA
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Brilliant. |
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