The Catalans!

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Spanish Tous wearing “Chavs”

I think I’ve found a Spanish equivalent of a “Chav”. As we all know, the word  “Chav” is mainly a derogatory slang terms in the United Kingdom for a subcultural stereotype fixated on fashions such as imitation gold, poorly made jewellery and fake designer clothing (often Burberry), combined with elements of working class British street [...]

26Feb2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Catalonia’s linguistic immersion programme

The first phase of Catalonia’s linguistic immersion programme will start on february 6th and will see the best part of 80,000 immigrants learning Catalan until the year 2013. These will be mainly infant and primary school children.
This first phase will see 84 schools participating - the majority being in Barcelona with 425 teachers taking part. [...]

23Jan2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Alex Salmond to visit Catalonia

Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond is to visit the devolved Spanish region of Catalonia.
The visit will take place in the autumn, said a senior figure in the Catalan government.
Government vice-president Josep-Lluis Carod-Rovira announced the plan after meeting Mr Salmond in Edinburgh.
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11Jan2008 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Alicia Keys in Barcelona

Alicia Keys will be presenting los premios Onda in El Teatro de Liceu in Barcelona tonight. This will make it the 54th edition of the premios Onda and there will be music from Andrea Corr, Paul Potts who was the winner of Britain’s “You Got Talent” program and The Fray. Amongst tonights winners will be [...]

4Dec2007 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Catalan kids don’t know their Spanish geography!

I was sort of horrified to learn this morning whilst my 10 year old daughter was going over her homework in Catalan that Catalonia’s primary school children know virtually nothing about the rest of Spain regarding geography.
My wife happened to ask her if she knew any of the names of Spain’s river and she drew a blank. [...]

3Dec2007 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The Catalans

Got any funny stories about Catalans? What are they like and what makes them tick? Are there any real Catalans left in Catalonia? What do you think?

30Jul2007 | admin | 0 comments | Continued