Castellaño V Español is made up by English speakers really. Castile is in North of Spain and was where the dialect Castilian started, what was taken to South America but its really just Spanish. Everywhere has different dialect, just like English. Some Spanish regions that have their own languages, Basque, Cataluña, Galicia say they speak Castellaño as they don’t want to say Español. South Americans say they speak Castellaño but its just like saying Spanish still when translated. “Castilian Spanish” is just translating to " Spanish Spanish "
Main differences I’ve noticed, food called different and only 5 verbs endings in S.A. due to no informal “they”
ellos/elles is just ustedes. In Chile it is different again. They eat letters so drop S from end of verbs, quieres quiere, both pronounced the same! ado becomes ao pronounced “ow” otra lao supermecao ensalao etc. Its hard as a non native you need to listen to context rather than literally translate!
What @Hammerer said. But to add that at the time that Columbus ‘discovered’ the Western Indies the reconquista of Iberia was still going on (but mostly done). The kingdoms that existed first during that process were Portugal and Leon y Castille but the Castillians being the strongest part of that royal ‘house’. The regions of the North weren’t all taken so why not them I don’t know?
At the time of Cortes and Pizarro, Spain as we know it wasn’t quite there.
Interesting on that Chile pronunciation as a school mum is from Andalusia and they speak like that. We have Chilean friends that we grew up and I can’t remember them talking like that. We generally spoke Spanish with them except at school.
Even in SA there are differences. The language in Argentina is very different to Colombia.
Mrs FP speaks pretty much exclusively in Korean to LO unless it’s something school related. LO understands perfectly but she’s less reluctant to speak it than she used to be, especially since starting school ( I suppose she doesn’t want to be different?)
LO has acKorean version of many of her early learning books. We will take her to Korea when travel opens up. It’s very important to us for her to know her heritage. Mrs FP does the Korean bit, I take of the Oz side ( mainly bbq and surfing )
That was us as kids, you just want to fit in. Especially when you start school as a foreign kid speaking little English with a foreign name.
Indeed and as H said further up, Peruvians speak what is seen as very ‘correct’ Spanish. Especially by themselves . The closest I have heard to it from Spaniards in terms of pronunciation and rhythm was in Tenerife.
I am far from an expert (haven’t read this book yet either!) but I have a SIL from Madrid and I have been to Lanzarote a few times where they reckon they speak classic Spanish.
I used to teach some private students in Oz. I once had a Korean client and upon turning up at his unit, he proudly showed me his latest book ‘American English’ it was at that point I informed him that we wouldn’t be needing that.
The very well educated speak well as anywhere but rank and file gets worse the poorer they get.
Some of my favourite slang I’ve learned, Si po or no po. They add po to end of lots of things, even el niño uses it “abre po nonna” Weon(a) which is both a term of endearment and extremely offensive. I liken it to the use of C££t in South London and cachai I think it is spelled, basically “init” other offensive slang jaiwah is basically a fat chav women , don’t use it though ! My wives aunt taught me nickergando which is do it your f’ing self loosely translated Strawberries are fruitilla, cherries they call corazon but most other food is same across South America.
I studied at Instituto Cervantes for 2 years. First trip to Chile I realised I’d wasted 2 years. Learned more in 4 weeks immersed! Every time I go there it takes a couple weeks to settle, but I get knackered after 15minutes in company. Its just hard work, get in a group and by the time I try to reply to a comment they’ve changed topic 3 times .
It’s funny as when in Spain I am taken for a local after a couple of days of sun. Then I ask them to slow down a bit and they get confused and occasionally annoyed as they don’t understand why.
Yes, in the last 3 months I’ve averaged about 25K PW of running and some of that had walk breaks, but I’m fairly convinced the Zwift biking and racing helped as well as general walking and being stood at my desk quite a bit.
I don’t speak Spanish fluently at all. Just have the remnants of GCSE plus some time spent there - mostly in Andalusia- I was told by one of the bar staff that I have an Andalusian accent which is amusing. Shows you how you just pick up osmosis like what you hear I guess - like the Danish/ Norwegian footballers with a Scouse accent jan molby etc
I’m the same with Dutch. I can’t speak any, but have spent a lot of time in the region around the Veerse Meer, and a Dutch UK colleague always laughs when I pronounce place names with a (what is apparently strong) local accent!
My 10 on Sunday is now on Po10 as an official PB and in my 50’s, as above I’m clutching at anything like a straw to achieve something this season so I’m claiming it
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. The closest I have heard to it from Spaniards in terms of pronunciation and rhythm was in Tenerife.
, beast mode was engaged.