LAS LENGUAS INGLESA Y ESPAÑOLA de Delfín Carbonell

  Now that there is some sort of a linguistic witch-hunting against the "N" word in the US, we should perhaps take a soul-searching glimpse at the Spanish "N" word.  We all know that in every country dogs bite, and Castillian is no exception. I suppose we should go through the classics and expurgate the "N" word and replace it with a more acceptable one. But should we? "Tener la negra" means to have bad luck, just as "pasarlas negras" means to have a hard time. And when someone is angry "está negro." And hard-working people "trabajan como negros." And when someone finds something hard or difficult to do "se las ve negras." And when a situation is at sixes and sevens, bedlam, we have in Spanish "una merienda de negros." And the black sheep of the family becomes the "oveja negra o garbanzo negro de la familia."  Luckily Spanish has the saying: "dame pan y (llámame) dime tonto" wh...

The N word is taboo among polite society, and that is why instead of "nigger" people use the silly euphemism "the N word ." Nigga, nigger, niggar refer to a black person. I suppose this is so because black people react violently when th ey are addressed as "niggar". If they did not react, wh ites would probably s top calling them "nigg ars" and would have to find another word. Blacks call whites "kraka", and whites feel insulted by the term . I sort of like it myself.  Most of my friends are krakas and they are all right, most of them. Of course, people addressed as "niggars" or "krakas" must take offense, otherwise it´s no fun. YOLO is a new acrony m used on the internet, mainly by those who are still wet behind the ears, and it means You Only L ive Once.  It is used to justify whatever one does because, after all, we only live once, so what the hell!     A Spanish has a saying I love: "Dame pan y dime t...