reelworld
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You're not embedded to the SA culture as immensely as a native, of course it would be different. I just think that the idea that Cavani should not be able to address a fellow countryman in a way that he's comfortable is silly.I'm not a native speaker in Spanish but was previously fluent enough to be able to work in Colombia and still retain a reasonable level now.
As I've said multiple times in this thread, I didn't love it but would never have dreamed to tell Colombians, or other South Americans, to change how they spoke. Similarly, as I've said, I wouldn't sanction Cavani either. Simple education would suffice.
But if someone tried calling me negrito in the UK, I wouldn't be particularly happy. Even if said in an endearing way by a friend.
I also keep seeing that Cavani should follow what is acceptable in England since he's currently living there. If Cavani say this out loud in a café in Manchester they may have a point. But could you really defined what should be locally acceptable in a place as borderless as social media?