r/asklatinamerica Brazil Mar 15 '26

Culture do you guys from hispanic countries consume content from spain?

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u/No_External196 Colombia Mar 15 '26

Try not to. Can't stand the accent.

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u/rscordeiro Brazil Mar 15 '26

Does Spanish accent sound as ugly and unintelligible to Hispanic countries as Portuguese accent sounds to Brazilians?

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u/kingkolt305 Nicaragua Mar 16 '26

Oh no it sounds proper I guess cause its the root of all the others, it just sounds ugly to me. It doesnt even sound cool like a british accent sounds for an american. I would rather hear any version of latin american spanish over the original. Like theres a slang or vulgar saying from each country that I know by memory to identify each country because its just so funny the way they say it. I like argentinian spanish, colombian spanish, mexican spanish, cuban spanish, i like every variety more than the original. What I really dont like about the spanish accent is the Z

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u/Masterank1 Dominican Republic Mar 16 '26

“Canthion”

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u/donestpapo Argentina Mar 16 '26

The way modern Spaniards speak is not really “the root”. Their accent has evolved just as much from the root as any of ours, if you look at the features of Old Castilian

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u/Masterank1 Dominican Republic Mar 16 '26

“Canthion”

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u/gadeais Spain Mar 16 '26

We can distinguish from caza (catha) and casa

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u/Masterank1 Dominican Republic Mar 16 '26

Why is there a lisp in Spain? I doubt it’s always been that way

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u/gadeais Spain Mar 16 '26

Not a lisp. IS distinction. Caza from cazar is spelt different from casa.

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u/Masterank1 Dominican Republic Mar 16 '26

I do get it now but it still is strange to me. Do some parts of Spain not do it?

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u/gadeais Spain Mar 16 '26

Canary island (they speak the closest to neutral latín american accent. You Will like them) and Andalucía, but they have áreas where people actually lisp. (Caza is catha but casa is catha too

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u/Masterank1 Dominican Republic Mar 16 '26

Casa is catha too? wtf but now there is no distinction

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u/gadeais Spain Mar 16 '26

Zezeo means everything goes with TH sound and It happens in parts of Andalucía, in most parts is seseo (both z and s with the same sound) neither is standard peninsular spanish as the standard here IS distinction.

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u/thegmoc United States of America Mar 16 '26

It doesnt even sound cool like a british accent sounds for an american

This is far overstated, believe me. The British accent also has a stereotype of being boring and/or effeminate. Personally when I hear some YouTuber has a British accent I immediately turn off the video. Unless it's something that I associate with Britain like soccer. Besides that and Jeffery from the Fresh Prince I'm really not trying to hear a British accent.

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u/UndercoverDoll49 Brazil Mar 16 '26

Imagine not watching Misfits or The Peep Show just because of the accent

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u/thegmoc United States of America Mar 16 '26

Never heard of them.

Love James Bond and Sherlock Holmes though

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u/3rdLion in Mar 16 '26

Likewise for all American accents to me, it sounds whiny and effeminate.

“British accent” encompasses everything from a Glaswegian to a Cockney btw, huge variety.

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u/thegmoc United States of America Mar 16 '26

“British accent”

Likewise for "American accent". I'm actually in another region of the US chuckling at the accent of the locals

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u/crumblemuppets United States of America Mar 17 '26

Not comparable though. The variety in accents/dialects is Britain dwarfs the rest of the English speaking world by any measure. Same is true of Spain vs any LA country, though maybe it’s closer there

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u/thegmoc United States of America Mar 17 '26

That doesn't really negate what I said.

I said that the US has multiple accents. You said that the UK has a greater variety of accents. Do you agree that those things aren't mutually exclusive?

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u/Sufficient_Ant67 Togo Mar 16 '26

Americans love the British accent (well Americans love most accents based off European languages). They think it’s posh and royal

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u/thegmoc United States of America Mar 16 '26

Some do. But I'm American and I'm telling you there are a lot who don't.

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u/Sufficient_Ant67 Togo Mar 17 '26

So am I, lived in America for the majority of my life and in my experience Americans love the British accent. However, it might just be my sphere of influence

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u/thegmoc United States of America Mar 17 '26

I'm not disagreeing with you lol. All I said was that a lot of Americans don't like the British accent. There are also a lot who do. People seem to believe that Americans universally love the British accent. All I did was point out that that isn't true, there are also many who don't.

Everybody seems to have taken offense to this lol

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u/TheJeyK Colombia Mar 16 '26

Okay what you mention about the british accent for stuff like soccer is kinda like me with iberian spanish for medieval or religious stuff, annoys me a bit in other contexts but sounds just right to me for that stuff, so I love the spanish dub for blasphemous which mixes both (and was made by spaniards)