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Contemporary American usage
:No problem. [[User:Nyflah|Nyflah]] 13:40, 28 January 2008 (EST)
:No problem. [[User:Nyflah|Nyflah]] 13:40, 28 January 2008 (EST)
== Contemporary American usage ==
What's going on with this page is absolutely inexcusable and appalling. The fact that the page has been deleted in the past, and that people insist that "The entry says exactly what the word means" and that "This is educational. Negro is the Spanish word for black." is utterly outrageous. As used in modern American society, it means a black person, plain and simple. If you take a survey of people in this country what the word means, I doubt that very many would say it's a Spanish word. (OK, I'm not an expert on statistics, and I haven't conducted that survey.) As Andy likes to say "We don't censor <fill in the blank> here". That this site can't say what the word is well known to mean in American English is unfathomable. It gives the impression that CP wants to hide something.
The underwhelming response to the offer to make CP a place that has a robust Spanish translations category is also rather striking.
Therefore, I have rewritten this.
While I feel very strongly about the existence of this page, I have no problems with people disagreeing on details. I hope that what I've written is acceptable within the standards that CP is trying to adhere to as an educational website. In particular, I have no opinion on whether pronunciation guides should be given, in English or Spanish. If you think pronunciations should be put back in, please do so. But make it really clear, as in "knee-grow" vs. "nay-grow" or whatever.
Of course, this is a topic that can easily be abused, and, no doubt, some 10-year-olds will come along and add certain words so that they can get their 15 minutes of fame on the internet. Editing a page draws attention to it, so it may be necessary to lock this for a while.
[[User:Diogenes|Diogenes]] 18:17, 30 January 2008 (EST)