mexican vs spanish

[seng 0]

why do ppl here (in the states) call a mexican "a spanish" there like totally different ppl different culture/background they dont even speak the same spanish

xoxo

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[Y's_habibitk 2]

Ive never heard anyone call a mexican a "spanish". I have heard people call anyone who speaks spanish a mexican. Its just ignorance I think.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Ive never heard anyone call a mexican a "spanish". I have heard people call anyone who speaks spanish a mexican. Its just ignorance I think.

It doesn't take any speaking Spanish, actually. My wife is mistaken for a Mexican quite often. By Mexicans, actually. They usually have the look like a train just hit them when she says that she's from Africa. Just thought I toss that in since we're talking about ignorance...

[Y's_habibitk 2]

Ive never heard anyone call a mexican a "spanish". I have heard people call anyone who speaks spanish a mexican. Its just ignorance I think.

It doesn't take any speaking Spanish, actually. My wife is mistaken for a Mexican quite often. By Mexicans, actually. They usually have the look like a train just hit them when she says that she's from Africa. Just thought I toss that in since we're talking about ignorance...

Interesting.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Ive never heard anyone call a mexican a "spanish". I have heard people call anyone who speaks spanish a mexican. Its just ignorance I think.

It doesn't take any speaking Spanish, actually. My wife is mistaken for a Mexican quite often. By Mexicans, actually. They usually have the look like a train just hit them when she says that she's from Africa. Just thought I toss that in since we're talking about ignorance...

Interesting.

It is indeed. Other than her complexion, I'm really not sure what would lead anyone to believe she's Mexican.

[Y's_habibitk 2]

Ive never heard anyone call a mexican a "spanish". I have heard people call anyone who speaks spanish a mexican. Its just ignorance I think.

It doesn't take any speaking Spanish, actually. My wife is mistaken for a Mexican quite often. By Mexicans, actually. They usually have the look like a train just hit them when she says that she's from Africa. Just thought I toss that in since we're talking about ignorance...

Interesting.

It is indeed. Other than her complexion, I'm really not sure what would lead anyone to believe she's Mexican.

Sometimes I guess that's all it takes. She could really blow their minds and learn some spanish to tell them shes from Africa lol

My best friend is Sri Lankan and when she started working in our office.. everyone was "what is she?" lol The guesses were everything from "black" to "pakistani" lol I found it quite amusing.

Your littlegirl is a dollbaby btw

[Marc and Olga 0]

At Olga's Biometrics appointment the man at the entrance spoke to her in Spanish...that lead her to look at me with a very confused look. I said she doesn't speak spanish.

Marc

[yassmine2878 1]

At Olga's Biometrics appointment the man at the entrance spoke to her in Spanish...that lead her to look at me with a very confused look. I said she doesn't speak spanish.

Marc

We had the same thing happen. Except it was the other people in line who rattled at Ahmed in rapid-fire Spanish. I had to explain to the other applicant that my husband didnt understand Spanish. He looked at me as though I were lying. What? Someone cant be brown-skinned and speak another language in Texas?

And in my experience, around here most Spanish-speaking folks are referred to as Hispanic, just cover all bases.

[Ban Hammer 12,829]

We had the same thing happen. Except it was the other people in line who rattled at Ahmed in rapid-fire Spanish. I had to explain to the other applicant that my husband didnt understand Spanish. He looked at me as though I were lying. What? Someone cant be brown-skinned and speak another language in Texas?

And in my experience, around here most Spanish-speaking folks are referred to as Hispanic, just cover all bases.

that's interesting, i had people do the same thing in san antonio to me. they'd talk to me in spanish, i say something back in german. they finally got the hint.

[chispas 0]

I am from a Central American country,with dark brown skin. Some Mexicans I meet here, after the shock, ask if I am from Cuba or the Dominican Republic. It is hard to look at a black faced kinky haired woman and learn they are Hispanic. However, my blonde haired, blue eyed coworker is Mexican and she never gets asked that. On the contrary Big Daddy, I had a student a few years ago who traveled here from Germany in an exchange program. He happened to be a 6'5'' black tennis player. He was adopted by a wealthy family as a baby and only knows Germany. The family who received him here were a little unnerved to have a black German in their midst.

[Jasman0717 8]

A one time, at least where I grew up, calling someone a Mexican was kind of bad. All the "Mexicans" I grew up with wanted to be called Spanish.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

For fun I go to Spain and call them Mexicans.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

why do ppl here (in the states) call a mexican "a spanish" there like totally different ppl different culture/background they dont even speak the same spanish

xoxo

smart ###

Maybe you're hearing the word "Hispanic" (a generic description of North-Central-South American Spanish speakers) as "Spanish".

[Fandango 1,439]

Living in Miami, I've been mistaken for so many different nationalities, it's not even funny..I think I've heard em all!

[Saddle Bronc 124]

In US, I've been mistaken for: Pakistani***, Bangla***, Hispanic and ABCD (due to my Western-Canadianese accent)

In India (just in one city Bangalore), I've been asked questions in: Tamil (my native language), Kannada (duh, it's the capital of the state for that language), Marathi, Hindi, and Urdu.

***Eh, oft even people from the Sub-continent cannot distinguish between these and Indians.