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#1 pspdseagle
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Spanish

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Mexicans

Why call us Spanish :O Sounds like calling Canadians...English...

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#2 Pirate700
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WTF are you talking about? Nobody calls Mexicans, Spanish...

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#3 deactivated-5f9e3c6a83e51
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It's usually the other way around.

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#4 MrPraline
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Who calls you Spanish? I don't. I like Spain. Good times in Barcelona. Never been to Mexico, heard cartels run that sh*t.
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#5 KiIIyou
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Those not mexocans
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#6 FMAB_GTO
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Is this thread about food?
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Is this thread about food?FMAB_GTO
Are you hungry?
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#8 MrPraline
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Is this thread about food?FMAB_GTO
Yeah OP is conflating tapas with tacos
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#9 Fightingfan
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I may refer to them as Spanish if I'm talking about demographics.

E.g Blacks consist of anyone not white, or of brown skin.

Technically, no one is 'Spanish' besides the Spaniards. It's the whole African American =/= Blacks.

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#10 FMAB_GTO
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Are you hungry?KiIIyou
no =P [QUOTE="MrPraline"] Yeah OP is conflating tapas with tacos

How dare he! But seriously i want to visit Spain one day.
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[QUOTE="FMAB_GTO"] But seriously i want to visit Spain one day.

Only ever been to Barcelona and didn't see much of the, ahem, day life. Though the beach was lovely. People are mad relaxed too, probably because of the weather, but the uptight Dutch could learn a lot from them.
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#12 NailedGR
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There is no such thing as a spanish, only spaniards.

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[QUOTE="MrPraline"][QUOTE="FMAB_GTO"] But seriously i want to visit Spain one day.

Only ever been to Barcelona and didn't see much of the, ahem, day life. Though the beach was lovely. People are mad relaxed too, probably because of the weather, but the uptight Dutch could learn a lot from them.

I see,well did you at least enjoy your time darling?
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[QUOTE="FMAB_GTO"][QUOTE="MrPraline"][QUOTE="FMAB_GTO"] But seriously i want to visit Spain one day.

Only ever been to Barcelona and didn't see much of the, ahem, day life. Though the beach was lovely. People are mad relaxed too, probably because of the weather, but the uptight Dutch could learn a lot from them.

I see,well did you at least enjoy your time darling?

Definitely :> Club scene there is amazing.
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I've never done that and I've never heard anyone do it.

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#16 Oleg_Huzwog
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Nobody calls Mexicans "Spanish". They must have said "hispanic" and you heard wrong.

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#17 FMAB_GTO
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[QUOTE="MrPraline"][QUOTE="FMAB_GTO"][QUOTE="MrPraline"] Only ever been to Barcelona and didn't see much of the, ahem, day life. Though the beach was lovely. People are mad relaxed too, probably because of the weather, but the uptight Dutch could learn a lot from them.

I see,well did you at least enjoy your time darling?

Definitely :> Club scene there is amazing.

I'm glad yo did. well then I'll keep dreaming =P
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#18 pspdseagle
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Nobody calls Mexicans "Spanish". They must have said "hispanic" and you heard wrong.

Oleg_Huzwog

I hear it all the time. Maybe it's the other way in the US, I guess. But here in Canada anyone who speaks Spanish is "Spanish"...

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#19 pspdseagle
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Nobody calls Mexicans "Spanish". They must have said "hispanic" and you heard wrong.

Oleg_Huzwog

Uhh no. Latinos are called Spanish a lot these days...

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#20 AtlanticRock
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WTF are you talking about? Nobody calls Mexicans, Spanish...

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This.

Unless OP you mean the conversation was about their language... but I've never heard someone call a Mexican that.

Latin, Latino, and Hispanic - yes.

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#21 stanleycup98
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I hear it in the US a lot. But it is used to refer to their language, not their nationality. If someone calls a Mexican Spanish, they mean that the person speaks Spanish, not that they are from Spain.
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I hear it in the US a lot. But it is used to refer to their language, not their nationality. If someone calls a Mexican Spanish, they mean that the person speaks Spanish, not that they are from Spain. stanleycup98

Exactly, should I call Brazilians...Portuguesee?

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People say that you SPEAK Spanish, not that you are Spanish...
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#24 pspdseagle
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People say that you SPEAK Spanish, not that you are Spanish...superclocked

Obviously.

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#25 Dark__Link
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Why do, people, put commas where they don't, belong?
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I don't think I've ever seen anybody of Mexican descent being referred to as Spanish and I've been living in Southern California my entire life.

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#27 SuperKaio-ken
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Same reason people call people from Quebec French
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I don't recall anyone ever doing that. One might say those mexicans speak spanish, or those canadians speak english, but I have never seen anyone refer to a mexican as spanish.
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[QUOTE="stanleycup98"]I hear it in the US a lot. But it is used to refer to their language, not their nationality. If someone calls a Mexican Spanish, they mean that the person speaks Spanish, not that they are from Spain. pspdseagle

Exactly, should I call Brazilians...Portuguesee?

why in gods name would you do that
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#30 ScorpionTroll
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Hispanic? Sure. Sapnish? No.

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Why do, people, put commas where they don't, belong?Dark__Link

Just what I was thinking...

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#32 AussieePet
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WTF are you talking about? Nobody calls Mexicans, Spanish...

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That what i was thinking lol
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Gotta love a flawed thought, maybe next time.;)
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WTF are you talking about? Nobody calls Mexicans, Spanish...

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People on OT have referred to Mexicans and Hispanics in general as "Spanish people". It's pretty obvious why, but it's still inaccurate. Kind of like how the Amish refer to Anglophones as "English" even if they aren't of English descent.
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Why do, people, put commas where they don't, belong?Dark__Link
Good question.
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#36 pspdseagle
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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

WTF are you talking about? Nobody calls Mexicans, Spanish...

gamerguru100

People on OT have referred to Mexicans and Hispanics in general as "Spanish people". It's pretty obvious why, but it's still inaccurate. Kind of like how the Amish refer to Anglophones as "English" even if they aren't of English descent.

Exactly, I'm not crazy.

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#37 CondorCalabasas
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Why call us Spanish :O Sounds like calling Canadians...English...pspdseagle
Because they speak spanish. I call canadians English. Depends on what you are referring to.
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#38 CondorCalabasas
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Why do, people, put commas where they don't, belong?Dark__Link
Why do people assume gaming forums are their English class? Why do people care so much about other people's spelling/grammar? Why do people think anyone cares about making a grammar mistake over a gaming forum?
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#39 Willy105
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A ton of people call anyone that speaks Spanish as being 'Spanish'. It's usually from those that really don't know the difference.
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#40 layton2012
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I refer to mexicans as mexicans, if I am referring to people of Spanish descent I say either Latino or Hispanic, never spanish, unless of course you are a spaniard.
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#41 CaptainAhab13
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I refer to them as "Hispanic." Never heard of them referred to as "Spanish." o.O
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