January 2012

[Bierzo Baggie]

I totally accept the different cultural connetations of the word and that in South America it crops up in daily parlance, possibly in Spain, too. So do many things now unacceptable in Britain. When Lewis Hamilton took to the track in Spain a few years ago some Spanish fans dressed in ape masks and wore t-shirts with 'Hamilton's Family' written on them. Perfectly OK in Spain but that'll win you a trip to court in London before you can make a monkey chant.

Yeah, I suppose you're right but I was talking principally about language and the context in which it's used.

And remember that Britain/England has got a pretty dark history when it comes to race relations. Ask Cyrille Regis about the bullets he used to receive in the post. I think we forget what a nasty place English footie was in the early 80s.

But anyway, I was talking principally about language and in a multicultural Latin American context (Columbia, Cuba, Ecuador...) it just doesn't sound like any big deal. Suarez pisses me off more with his whining and diving.