User talk:Hafspajen

Archive October 2008

Westerners were often viewed as people who constantly said "hello" and little else. Hello boys! 'Hello Sister, what's the matter with you... "Hello, George," or "Hello, Jim." ' Hullo, Brown! where do you come from?"

"Come, thou shant go home, and we'll have flesh for holidays, fish for fasting-days, and moreo'er puddings and flap-jacks, and thou shalt be welcome."

Pericles, Prince of Tyre Act II Scene I

RE:Asado

Don't ask me. I'm not very familiar with South American dishes either. But it looked like vandalism because he was removing information, that is why I reverted him Juthani1 ^tcs 22:13, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Paella Article

I'm afraid I disagree with you on two points.

With respect to mentioning Valencians speaking Catalan, here's what you said:

Not everybody knows who the Valencians are. Things which are obvious to you, a Spanish talking person – well, they might not be that clear for others, you know. That is why mentioning the language, some illiterate people from U.S. may think that they are Italian ppeople from Venice or get confused in other ways. You need to mention that when you introduce the information, not later, or below.

As I stated in the comment, the fact that Valencians speak Catalan is hardly central to an article on paella. In fact, I had included that information in the opening paragraphs of an earlier version of the article but another editor pointed out its lack of importance and, after some thought, I came to agree with him. Also, I fail to see how an illiterate American (by the way I'm an Hispanic-American) could assume an entire region of Spain could be Italian, especially when the article clearly points out that the Valencian region is part of Spain. However, in the interests of compromise, I moved that information down to the history section.

With respect to Valencians insisting on ingredients, you said:

Well, this sounds like: the Valencians insist , but you disagree. Anyway it is not a neutral way of expressing something. It is better to use some other , more neutral way of expressing this.

There's nothing biased about describing things as they really are. Valencians are, in fact, very insistent about the ingedients of Valencian paella. I see nothing wrong with the way I wrote that sentence. I intend to leave it as is. LuisGomez111 (talk) 22:25, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]