Annoying Spaniards.

[Globalti]

I speak Spanish and lived amongst Spaniards while teaching English in Huelva for nearly a year. Having a pretty good experience of the Spanish character I think I'm qualified to say that I find them intensely irritating people, especially Spanish women who yak incessantly at high speed in a loud voice.

Alberto Contador is no different with his ridiculous pistol-aiming affectation. He looks an irritating little boy, probably in love with Mama like most Spanish men. His interviews are almost incomprehensible even to a Spanish speaker:

"Bueno...si....esquesiendoyoelciclistamasrapidodelmundoestoycontentissimo..."

By contrast I love the French.

 

[User482]

I wonder if they find you equally irritating? If so, I would hope that they're mature enough to realise that an irrational dislike of a personality quirk is not a good reason to tar an entire nation.

 

[Will1985]

Haha - I couldn't stand any of my Spanish teachers, nor one of my flatmates on Erasmus (yakking incessantly at high speed in a loud voice sums her up nicely). Then of course there is Contador.

Strangely this dislike hasn't extended to any other nation!

 

[Fnaar]

I lived in Spain for 2.5 yrs, and I love all things Spanish, including yakking at high speed, and random groups of people clapping rhythmically on a night out, instead of getting bladdered and smashing each other's teeth in
I had some romantic notion when I first went there that old men yakking in cafes were intensely discussing politics and the civil war... turns out, as I got to understand more, it was just the price of vegetables and complaining about youngsters

 

[Chuffy]

Meanwhile, on a Spanish cycling forum there's a chap talking about how Brits are all quiet, grumpy and bitter that they aren't getting enough.

Shall we start on the Germans next?

 

[iLB]

Shall we start on the Germans next?

 

[Twenty Inch]

I speak Spanish and lived amongst Spaniards while teaching English in Huelva for nearly a year. Having a pretty good experience of the Spanish character I think I'm qualified to say that I find them intensely irritating people, especially Spanish women who yak incessantly at high speed in a loud voice.

I bet they were glad to see the back of you too.

The Brit's reputation on the Costa del Sol, is, of course, without blemish [/irony].

 

[Chuffy]

ARGH!

 

[ComedyPilot]

Except one of them is Austrian!!!

 

[iLB]

Except one of them is Austrian!!!

technicality i'm going for stereotypes here dammit

 

[Dayvo]

technicality i'm going for stereotypes here dammit

What, blonde, blue-eyed Arians!

 

[Chuffy]

What, blonde, blue-eyed Arians!

I'm an Aries but I'm not blonde. How dare you stereotype me!

 

[Sittingduck]

I'm an Aries but I'm not blonde. How dare you stereotype me!

Pink hair the last I seen

 

[ComedyPilot]

I'm a Caesarian.

So is my daughter.