When you speak Spanish, do you link words very often?
When you speak Spanish, do you link words very often? I heard "el es" is pronounced like "e-les", or "ella es ordenada" is like "e-ya-sor-denada". Do you also speak in this way?
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Most likely because Spanish is a phonetic language and English isn´t, lazy ways of speaking aren´t accepted among educated speakers of Spanish as much as they are among English educated speakers. Of course we have our ways, such as "ven pa ca" (ven para acá), but they are much fewer than those of English. Also there is more formality in the speaking of everyday Spanish than in English among educated speakers. English also has many gramatically-correct contractions which probably lead to the use of word linking, where Spanish has very few contractions.
From your examples, I would say that it´s simply a case of people speaking very fast and not so much intentional word linking.
Actually, linking words (which is different to contracting words, as contracting words in Spanish does sound lazy) is part of the Spanish pronunciation rules. When foreigners don't do so, they sound a bit like robots. There are defined rules: vowel with vowel (gato azul), consonant with vowel (limón amarillo, ), and same consonants (camión negro, piel limpia). Have a look in the pronunciation section of the studyspanish website. They explain this quite well with very good examples.
doncha know? . I assume all languages do it one way or another.
Liaisons are very common in Spanish. However, each language has them. Examples in English:
Wanna vs. want to shoulda vs. should have I like them vs. I lik'em
etc.
Granted, Spanish is a very easy language to pronounce compared to English, which lends itself to word liaisons more often.
Good question, Joy! I was just pondering this question the other day. I try to watch at least part of a Spanish language TV show every day, and it often sounds to me like every sentence is one long word. I suspect because I don't know every word and it feels run-together when they speak so fast (depending on the show). I suppose it sounds this way to non-English speakers listening to English. "Wha'ju wannado t'day?" (What do you want to do today?) I speak that way with friends & family, but if at a job interview or while speaking with my Mexican neighbors, I'd pronounce words more succinctly. 
