Re: The relationship between Spanish, Galician, and Portuguese

Gerry here: Thanks Gene for your thoughtful post. But if I merely
looked up the terms in the encyclopedia, I'd find stagnant answers.
What I'm more interested in is the political feelings attached to these
terms. And what's wrong with being provocative? Only then will I truly
be able to discover the answers I'm looking for.

BTW, the term _vulgar_ is a legitimate term and usually references a
language that is of a "lower" class than the language from which it has
been derived as in Vulgar German (ancestor to English).

And I absolutely am not interested in instigating a flame war -- but
from what you say then can I conclude that YOU view Castillian to mean
Spanish and that this flame war would be between Castillian (Spanish)
and Catalan? Why do you view Castillian to be more Spanish than
Catalan? Do folks from Catalan find themselves to be less Spanish?
Somehow, I doubt it.

Sorry I offended you. Please accept my sincere apology.

Always curious,
Gerry

Gene Kalutskiy wrote:

>
> gerry reinhart-waller <walu-@...> wrote:
> > Also, what is the difference, if any, between Castilian and Catalan?
> Is
> > one more melodious? Is one considered more "vulgar" than the other?
> > How many dialects are there in Madrid? In Spain? What happens to
> > Espagnol as we approach the western boundary and what about the
> eastern
> > boundary with France? And what about Basque? Should they secede and
> > have their own territory?
> >
> > I apologize ahead of time for my naïveté. BTW, the questions posed
> > above are for anyone to answer.
> >
> > Gerry
>
> Gerry, no offense, but it would be much better if you just picked up
> any encyclopaedia and looked up "Catalan" and "Spanish" in it. Your
> apparent complete lack of knowledge on this subject results in very
> poor phrasing of your question, which makes it sound kind of
> provocative. Can't you see from Miquel's previous post that this issue
> is quite hot in Spain and that asking if one language is more or less
> vulgar might result in a flame war between our Spanish and Catalan
> participants? "Should they secede?" - This is ignorance bordering on
> provocation, no less!
>
> Again, no offense, but let's be more careful.
>
> GK
>
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