Latin Grammys to be held in Spain, leaving US for 1st time

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30 minutes ago, Mocchi said:

Stop spreading this sh*t. I don't know what made you reach that conclusion but definitely not true

Are you Spanish? I studied abroad in Spain for 1 year so I speak from personal experience (at least Murcia region). 

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 There’s a difference between Latin and Latin American. That’s it. You can be from Europe/South America/the Caribbean/North America and be Latino/Latin. but you can’t be from Europe and be considered latin American. The term Latin American exist for a reason. 
 

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Andalusia is a culturally rich area and IIRC, the source of Latin American Spanish, which evolved from traders and emigrants leaving Andalusia and the Canaries to the Americas. 

Plus Seville is beautiful! It's probably the most beautiful city in the Hispanic world.

Hopefully it'll be hosted in central or south america next time though.

 

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1 hour ago, Mocchi said:

Stop spreading this sh*t. I don't know what made you reach that conclusion but definitely not true

Lmao back in college almost all the Spanish students in our housing facility were known to be assholes to Latin Americans because of their superiority complexes 

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54 minutes ago, Gogo Yubari said:

the source of Latin American Spanish, which evolved from traders and emigrants leaving Andalusia and the Canaries to the Americas. 

So apparently colonization had nothing to do with it according to this comment.

Also, there's no such thing as Latin American Spanish, each country has it's own variations, in fact the only traits they share are also shared by variants spoken elsewhere. 

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I can't with some of y'all

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17 minutes ago, Lukas96 said:

So apparently colonization had nothing to do with it according to this comment.

Also, there's no such thing as Latin American Spanish, each country has it's own variations, in fact the only traits they share are also shared by variants spoken elsewhere. 

OK, I must have worded that incorrectly. I think you've misread what I was trying to say, but I am happy to rephrase it as it's likely my mistake. I'm sorry, if that's the case. 

Yes, colonization did play a role. My point was that the initial flow of colonists to the Americas were Spanish-speaking traders, conquistadors and later labourers from Andalusia and the Canaries. So whether good or bad, Seville has the closest connection in Spain to Latin America.

But both are Latin areas that consume Latin music. I do hope the next awards show is located in Latin America. 

I understand your point on Latin American Spanish. I did not intend to say that it's a language in itself, when in fact, there are plenty of completely different dialects and accents. My point was, as a categorical grouping, Latin American Spanish can be used to refer to all the varieties of Spanish spoken across Latin America. And a majority of these varieties spoken in the Americas were influenced by Andalusian Spanish due to connection mentioned above, with some exceptions. 

"Latin American Spanish" is also used to help Spanish language learners learn a general form of Spanish when they start out learning as they can get they head around general differences that tend to be more popular in Latin America than in Spain, e.g. "seseo vs ceceo", "usted/vos/tu/vosotros" etc. 

That's what I was taught studying philology in Spain by Latin American team of professors but I'm happy to concede and say I'm 100% wrong. I was just here to say congrats to Seville, it's a beautiful city! 

Again, sorry for the confusion.

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3 hours ago, ALGAYDO said:

Lmao back in college almost all the Spanish students in our housing facility were known to be assholes to Latin Americans because of their superiority complexes 

@Mocchi 

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Anyways who cares about Latin Grammys tbh

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6 hours ago, ELECTROHEART said:

Anyways who cares about Latin Grammys tbh

Latin/hispanic people?? We exist lmao 

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No shade, just asking: why Latin version of Grammy does even exists? Regural Grammys has Latin-related categories and many, many more that shows music market diversity. It's like Korea would now have KPOP Grammys or Jamaica Reggae Grammys etc.

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20 hours ago, Teletubby said:

and what better place to hold them than Andalusia

lmao, it is Andalucia 

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18 hours ago, ALGAYDO said:

Lmao back in college almost all the Spanish students in our housing facility were known to be assholes to Latin Americans because of their superiority complexes 

I'm really sorry for your bad experience, I can picture the scenario. Not gonna say a lot of Spanish people are not still like that but fortunately things have changed in recent years and younger generations are not like that anymore, and there are lots of Latin American people living in Spain. Several friends of mine are Latin (including my best friend's wife) and I adore them. But Idk if I'm the most suitable person to talk since I'm a pro-independence Catalan.

As for the term "Latin", I think it's an old debate and there's little to do with it. I mean, even French or Italian folks have the right to call themselves Latin too, because their culture and languages come from Latins, but I understand that Latin American people want their own identity. Anyway, I read someone saying "Rosalia" on previous pages and I think there's a misconception of what Latin music is? It's not all about reggueton, guys, there's plenty of traditional Latin American genres. Actually, even Spanish musicians who didn't make regueton won that award in the past (La Oreja de Van Gogh, Alejandro Sanz...).