If you want to be more widely understood, it's better to sound more like the King of England than whatever your local variety is.
I tone down my (English language) accent when speaking to foreigners all the time. The point is to be understood.
I'm toning it down right now in this message. I want to be clear to a wider audience, not folksy.
So is Spain really telling other people the way they speak is "wrong", or is there simply a prestige accent, best utilised for international communication so the maximum amount of people can understand?
I tone down my (English language) accent when speaking to foreigners all the time. The point is to be understood.
I'm toning it down right now in this message. I want to be clear to a wider audience, not folksy.
So is Spain really telling other people the way they speak is "wrong", or is there simply a prestige accent, best utilised for international communication so the maximum amount of people can understand?