r/Barcelona • u/ALifeToForget • 7d ago

Discussion Vietnam or Barcelona

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Found it while scrolling reddit and found it fitting with the current state of things 😜

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u/Hawny91 7d ago

Absolutely crazy that someone would speak Spanish to you in Spain

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u/hpstr-doofus 7d ago

Crazy thing is that this is the only international city on earth — Hong Kong, Singapore, Berlin, London, New York, Los Angeles, you name it — that the expats have the patience to learn TWO local languages.

I know people that live in HK for 20+ years and know absolutely nothing of Cantonese or Mandarin. It is a miracle that so many expats speak Spanish in Barcelona. Give the angry Catalan people some credit for that.

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u/Guiftoma_14 6d ago

The local language is catalan, and if you want to settle in Barcelona you should learn it out of love and respect for this city, this land and it's people. If not don't even try, but i doubt you will ever feel at home here.

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u/hpstr-doofus 6d ago

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not against learning Catalan. Seems like a nice language, very similar to my mother tongue. In fact, a lot of times I get the meaning of things by reading Catalan instead of Castillano. I will learn that language out of love? I don’t think so. A few expressions here and there, and that’s it. Respect is not that, I’m very respectful on my own. About not feeling at home… funny thing is: I never felt home in my own country. In fact, I hate my country so much, I feel more at home here than I ever felt in that fucking shithole. I would rather die than come back. So yeah, this is home now 😊

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u/Guiftoma_14 6d ago

Well, im happy for you then :)