Just returned from a trip to the DR...spent some time in Santo Domingo visiting a friend and then met up with some friends at an AI for a few days. I rarely post but felt i had to share this as I was very surprised by it.
I go to the DR a few times a year and this was the first time that I heard the term Sankie being used so freely by the workers at the AI! They constantly used it with each other and with the tourists (that know better anyways and understand the term) and would say "no soy sankie pankie" as their selling feature.
At the evening entertainment when the MC for the show (who was part of animacion) announced that the disco would be closing at 12 since the new ruling came out and he actually said on the mic "no sankie pankie tonight". I was floored! A few years back when i referred to someone as a sankie I got a tongue lashing because it was such an offensive term to them...looks like they have accepted it now!
The term is being used so freely now that this whole sankie business shouldn't be surprising!
I go to the DR a few times a year and this was the first time that I heard the term Sankie being used so freely by the workers at the AI! They constantly used it with each other and with the tourists (that know better anyways and understand the term) and would say "no soy sankie pankie" as their selling feature.
At the evening entertainment when the MC for the show (who was part of animacion) announced that the disco would be closing at 12 since the new ruling came out and he actually said on the mic "no sankie pankie tonight". I was floored! A few years back when i referred to someone as a sankie I got a tongue lashing because it was such an offensive term to them...looks like they have accepted it now!
The term is being used so freely now that this whole sankie business shouldn't be surprising!