Néstor Gorojovsky wrote: > > Ah, and yet another issue with Brasky´s deep linguistics: we in > Argentina don´t call "español" that thing which you USAmericans, > quite as idyosincratically as you speak of "Hispanos" or "Hispanic", > call "Spanish", simply because there are other languages in Spain; we > say "castellano", that is "the language of Castilia" in the same way > there is no "British" but "English" or "Welsh". >
That could be a result of Mexico's proximity. Mexicans call it "español" and every one I have ever met has initially looked at me weird when I've called it "castellano". - Juan ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
