What Is GIBRALTAR? 🇬🇧/🇪🇸

Here we go. My two oldest boys, I speak to them in Spanish. My youngest boy, I speak to him in English, ever since he was little. I speak to my mother in Spanish. My dad was English so I spoke to him in English. And I don't speak to my wife. And that works out great for me. People don't know the reality of Gibraltar. Don't believe everything you hear. Okay what's your name? - Jose Luis Antequera. I have a lot of family that works over in Gibraltar. - You don't feel any resentment towards Gibraltar? No, not at all. Besides I have family there, my cousins. What's your name? - Jaime. Do you have friends and family over there in Gibraltar? Yeah I have relatives - they're English - but they live in Gibraltar. Actually, to tell you the truth it's been about 6 years since I last visited Gibraltar. Really? 6 years? 6 years the last time I went. Before I'd go there to get gas or go see my cousins But now it's my cousins who come over to visit me more than me going to visit them in Gibraltar. What's your name? - Yolanda. How does it feel to live so close to Gibraltar? It feels nice. They're basically our cousins. La Linea can't survive without Gibraltar and Gibraltar can't survive without La Linea. What's your name? My name? Luisa. We don't have any issue with the border. Gibraltar is a place where we go to work. I've worked there on and off. My husband worked there for many years. A lot of Spanish people go there for work. And their livelihood depends on Gibraltar. For the most part we get along. And they don't feel like brothers but more like cousins. I was born in Gibraltar. I can speak to you in Spanish or English. Doesn't matter to me. Do you consider yourself English? Spanish? - I consider myself from Gibraltar. Gibraltarian like we say. A lot of us are from different parts of the world. We're immigrants from all over the place. If I had more time I would stay but you know my wife is at home, so He's on the run! Hombre it's very windy también. Really appreciate it. As they say like the Scottish... Slàinte Mhath ! Do you consider yourself British or Spanish? - I consider myself 100% British. But as you can see, I can speak in Spanish perfectly. What language do (or did) you speak with your parents? Both languages. But I mostly speak to them in Spanish. People don't know the reality of Gibraltar. But that's why they should come and visit. It's a very welcoming place. And they shouldn't believe everything they hear about it. So you speak Spanish as well? - Fluently. But you also speak Spanish? - I also speak Spanish, yes. But you usually speak English? And I'll take a dog too. And do you speak Spanish too? A little bit. But that sounds Italian. To my youngest son I speak in English. Just English. I speak to my wife in Spanish. To my mother I speak to her in Spanish. No, now I'm all mixed up. Start over. My two oldest boys, I speak to them in Spanish. My youngest boy, I speak to him in English, ever since he was little. I speak to my mother in Spanish. My dad was English so I spoke to him in English. And I don't speak to my wife. And that works out great for me. - There you go. Wonderful. That's very wise. And with your parents But you guys all speak in Spanish to each other right? More or less? We mix and change up a lot of words. You've got to remember that we pronounce some English words that don't sound English. For example? Or for example a pipe In English you say "pipe." We call it a "piperia" A blend of the two words. "Sospen." What's a "sospen"? That's really interesting. That's "llanito" (Gibraltar dialect) What do you want people to know about you? That we're strong. That we're resilient. That we're human beings. - And we're a people. We're not just some rock that some politicians can negotiate around and disregard the consequences of the people who live here because my generation has been through a lot. The Spanish border was closed for 16 years. And we couldn't go in or come out. People used to go to the border You know what I remember more than anything else? Being happy. - A lot of marijuana, man. Oh yeah! What's petulia? But so petulia was some kind of perfume that you used?

Channel: Ross the Flâneur

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Length: 17min 13sec (1033 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 06 2022