Last summer my daughter who is a US born & educated Honors Senior at a large midwestern University was with her two Dominican cousins who are both college graduates. They were walking on the road in what used to be called Sosua Abajo and then Maranatha and now something else. One of those giant open tour trucks drove by going dangerously fast. The folks on board probably with good intentions started thowing out candy and pencils. My daughter who thinks she is a comedian yelled out loudly in English " Oh Thank You Master". It sounds funny but her cousins did not find it amusing.