tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688435909641949751.post1942812321911166041..comments2023-06-11T07:14:20.107-07:00Comments on Shehani Kay: Metro Stories: cussing out the bulliesShehanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12546831436363547519noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688435909641949751.post-48231346501025010722010-06-02T14:15:55.383-07:002010-06-02T14:15:55.383-07:00I really know what you mean. I have often had the ...I really know what you mean. I have often had the conversation with other non-spainards living in Spain that it really sucks that Spanish men always feel the need to catcall you, meow at you, or walk behind you making sex noises. The ironic thing is, men in other countries (Australia and the UK for example) don't do that often, but I feel FAR safer walking alone at night in Spain than in other countries. I don't feel threatened. I also get the feeling of having to bite your tongue...more because you can't express yourself than because you don't want to. It is so frustrating for me when someone is rude to me in Spanish and I can't stand up for myself. <br /><br />And finally, yeah, he was a twat.Tehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14575302516614902910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688435909641949751.post-77720457602023741492010-05-14T17:41:25.514-07:002010-05-14T17:41:25.514-07:00Yes, it's true YOU are a lovely, cultured and ...Yes, it's true YOU are a lovely, cultured and civilized fellow - an exemplary bloke. :)<br />I agree, for the most part, Spanish folk may be loud and they swear a lot and have "passionate discussions" about this and that but they generally aren't out to shit kick anyone...Shehanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12546831436363547519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688435909641949751.post-29155325037381580822010-05-14T14:00:45.388-07:002010-05-14T14:00:45.388-07:00¡Perdón! I am one of those Brits who tries to be e...¡Perdón! I am one of those Brits who tries to be educado y caballero, and who tries never to be tempted tp answer back - but I'm afraid you and your other Brit friends are right: there is a lot of bitter-and-twistedness beneath the veneer. And anyway I think British politeness is increasingly a myth. Personally I find the Spanish far more polite in general than Brits, and we are rapidly exhausting our increasingly threadbare image in a welter of meaninglessly pretty heritage-culture flicks and class-conscious twaddle...crumpet0552https://www.blogger.com/profile/16946339375152477149noreply@blogger.com