Oh, it must be a cultural/linguistic slip. Though it can be used derogatory, in Spanish words like bastard, retarded, etc are mainly regarded as scientific/explanatory so the are mainly neutral and carry no taboo.I've always thought bastard such a conservative, paternalistic, judgemental term, with the stigmatic, moralistic connotation of 'illegitimacy' (by definition, in fact ... really, WTF?) and 'sin', and it seems odd to see enlightened people still using it ... a cultural thing, I guess.
I've always thought bastard such a conservative, paternalistic, judgemental term, with the stigmatic, moralistic connotation of 'illegitimacy' (by definition, in fact ... really, WTF?) and 'sin', and it seems odd to see enlightened people still using it ... a cultural thing, I guess.
I once offended everyone present in a party because a friend of a friend was (and I said) a dwarf... I really had no idea what was the fuss. I had never heard before about " midget". And in any dictionary, I would still find "enano"=dwarf... it's difficult to keep up with the tabooes when the word is easily found in classic books...