I am from Spain and I used to have and English teacher who was Irish and he once told us that the term "Spaniard" was used to refer to people from Spain but in a pejorative sense, and that the politically correct term was "Spanish people or Spanish man/woman".
Is it true?
I was wondering about it because I have confirmed that Americans used the word Spaniard simply to talk about people from Spain in a neutral way, to differentiate us from Hispanics from Latin America.
But do is the word "Spaniard" pejorative in Ireland or in Britain or not?
Maybe my teacher was in a mistake. I don't know.in american usage it is neutral,in standard english, it is neutral.I can't think of an alternate word as precise. let he say that some people are offended by anything I was told that "tribesman " was derogatory -and I was using it to refer to an adult male member of a specific tribeIn English English "spaniard" is not perjorative or insulting but slightly oldfashioned - Spanish man/ woman is the usual wordYour teacher is an idiot who has been brainwashed by the PC culture.
its not in america it just describes a person from spain.#If you have any other info about this subject , Please add it free.# |
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