A Question for Spaniards about his Spanish

It's all about you, I think. He's got a deep masculine voice, he speaks normally denoting security but nothing extremely special, common spanish (from Spain) accent I'd say. The thing is, we, "spaniards", or at least me, also find spoken english quite melodic and perhaps that's what's happening to you, but the other way round ;)

hmmmmmm. pepilla, thank you for your reply. Certainly i DO love the Spanish language. But in this case,it is not just the language, it is the way BARDEM speaks the language. I have few examples of someone speaking English in a particularly beautiful way but I would include Derek Jacobi and Morgan Freeman in that small circle. In the U.S., we have an expression for loving someone's voice.
"I could listen to ______(Derek Jacobi, Morgan Freeman, Javier Bardem) read the phonebook."









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I'd say it's probably the accent. If you're american and you speak some spanish this means you're pretty much used to hear it, but the accent, expressions and tone you can hear over there are very different from the spanish spoken in Spain. Think of the differences between british english and american english.
But then, lots of spaniards wouldn't tell between both types of english, so maybe I'm talking nonsense :)

No, I think you're right. Most people can tell when someone speaks where they're from. It happens in Japanese, English, and Spanish. I'm sure Portugese people speak differently from Brazilians.

"Most people who claim to be teachers or leaders are really just propagandists." - Mos Def

Javier Bardem speaks normally with a castilian accent, which is like the received pronunciation of Spanish language, and I don't find his accent or way of speaking specially beautiful or meliflous, actually, I think he sounds quite "thick".

I also like learning about languages and accents, but these kind of things are very relative, it's the same than in English; a Scot can realize the difference between a Western Scot and an Eastern Scot accent or whatever, but they will always sound the same for an Englishman. However, Javier Bardem is extremely good at pulling different accents (a very subtle galician accent in Mar Adentro, a Cuban one in Before Night Falls, or Colombian in Love in the Time of Cholera), but, well, I can assure, as I told you before, that he does well in Mar Adentro (my family are from Asturias, which is close to Galicia), and he sounds well to me in the other two, but, well, I am not Southamerican so I can't really tell you.

That is interesting, Carlos, to learn of his ability with accents.When you say 'thick', what do you mean? We don't use that adjective in this situation unless you mean 'he has a very thick accent'; i.e. he has a very strong accent.
If 'thick' means coarse/rough and not elegant, we would say 'he speaks very coarsely' which usually indicates that the speaker comes from a lower class(or 'coarse') background.

Carlos, your English is really excellent. Only for that reason am I offering you some corrections(in CAPITAL letters.) I hope this does not offend you; I always want people to correct me when I speak other languages.

Javier Bardem speaks normally with a castilian accent, which is like the CLASSIC PRONUNCIATION of the Spanish language, and I don't find his accent or way of speaking Especially beautiful or meliflUous. Actually, I think he sounds quite COARSE.(AGAIN, I AM ONLY GUESSING THAT THIS IS WHAT YOU MEANT BY 'THICK')

I also like learning about languages and accents, but these kind of things are very relative. It's the same AS in English; a Scot can realize the difference between a Western ScottISH and an Eastern ScotTISH accent, or whatever, but they will USUALLY sound the same TO an American. However, Javier Bardem is extremely good at DOING different accents(or IMITATING different accents) (a very subtle galician accent in Mar Adentro, a Cuban one in Before Night Falls, or Colombian in Love in the Time of Cholera), but, well, I can assure YOU, as I told you before, that he does well in Mar Adentro (my family IS from Asturias which is close to Galicia), and he sounds GOOD to me in the other two, but, well, I am not South American so I can't really tell you.


It was great to see Almodovar presenting the Best Foreign Language Film award at the Oscars but I wish they had given him more to do.Such a waste for a great talent like him to be used as a token, but then that's the way the Oscars are.








Ad hoc, Ad loc, Quid pro queeee,
So little time and so much to see

Hmm.. Why did you change "Englishman" to "American" in your correcting Carlos' note?

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and he speaks Portuguese (Brazilian portuguese) quite well,
like a carioca (someone born in Rio de Janeiro)