Comment Re: As long as you don't memorize artifacts (Score 1) 51
This is completely off. Castellano is the historical name, but both the normative body (Real Academia *Española*) and all government documentation (in as many Spanish speaking countries as I'm aware off, including Spain) refer to it as Español. It is the official recommendation.
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rae.es%2Fdpd%2Fespa%25C3%25B1ol
There is a movement of calling it castellano in regions with a cooficial language. That's making everything confusing for the sake of giving participation awards. Calling it español doesn't make Galego more or less important, or Galicia more or less included in the identity of Spain as a whole.
Hell, Napolitans, who one could hardly argue they are without pride, call the national language Italiano, whereas some of them speak napoletano.
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rae.es%2Fdpd%2Fespa%25C3%25B1ol
There is a movement of calling it castellano in regions with a cooficial language. That's making everything confusing for the sake of giving participation awards. Calling it español doesn't make Galego more or less important, or Galicia more or less included in the identity of Spain as a whole.
Hell, Napolitans, who one could hardly argue they are without pride, call the national language Italiano, whereas some of them speak napoletano.