Rocket Spanish Community

HOLA MI AMIGAS,
IS THERE A RIVALRY OR POLITICAL ISSUES BETWEEN THE CANARIES AND SPAIN,BY THAT I MEAN,DO THE CANARIES WANT TO BE SEEN AS A COUNTRY OR COUNTRIES IN THEIR OWN RIGHT,NOT ATTACHED TO SPAIN,I SUPPOSE,IN MUCH THE SAME WAY AS SCOTLAND{WHERE I AM FROM!} WANT TO BE SEPERATE FROM ENGLAND?
ALSO,THE CANARIANS HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF SAYING THINGS,I.E,IN SPAIN YOU WOULD PRONOUNCE Z AS TH,WHERE AS IN CANARIES ITS Z OR S AND CE IS PRONOUNCED AS CE NOT THE,AM I RIGHT IN SAYING THIS,ONLY,THE TIMES I HAVE USED MY SPANISH IN THE CANARIES,THEY SAY IT DIFFERENTLY TO ME" THIS IS VERY CONFUSING,I HOPE SOME ONE CAN HELP!
GRACIAS GRANDE BESOS XXXXXXXXXXX

Hi Maria,

I am also from Scotland and I visit Tenerife which is in The Canaries regulary as I have an apartment there.
You will find these slight different pronounciations are just like here.
What I mean is a person from Aberdeen say will have a different dialect from a person from Glasgow.
You will find the dialect in The Canaries is similar to Andalucia in Southern Spain where the "C" and "S" sounds are different from the rest of Spain.
Here in Tenerife they call the local buses the Gua Gua instead of Autobus.
Also bear in mind that they have their own language in Galicia and the Basque country in Spain.
Hope that helps a little.[/b]