- Thread starter AlterEgo
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The Dominican
I can understand that edumacated people don't have problems with the Dominican Republic being called The Dominican.
I guess the way I see it is probably skewed by coming from a "vacationland" in its own right. When people "from away" come to town and mispronounce the names of all my personal places it does get annoying.
So when I hear Dominican it reminds me of that base level of ignorance of an actual place. Who knew Mainers could also be chopo.
So when I hear Dominican it reminds me of that base level of ignorance of an actual place. Who knew Mainers could also be chopo.
I know AE is sitting on the sidelines
:laugh::laugh::laugh:She sure did stir the pot a bit. :laugh::laugh:
I know what you mean, calling the country Santo Domingo has to do with the fact that the country at one point was named after Santo Domingo De Guzman a Dominican priest born on 1170. I guess many people sometimes prefer the old.
Because it is bad English. It isn't really a issue of it offending Dominicans. It just annoys an English speaker who knows better. Not really a big deal in the grand scheme of thing but it just sounds weird.
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666 Points
This is just too much for me to bear.666 Points
I?m going to take a break from the D.R. and head down to Santiago de Le?n de Caracas,
.... which is in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for those who don?t know where it?s located!
SantiagoDR
When I'm going to the DR, I say I'm going to Santo Domingo, that if I'm talking with my family and Dominican friends. All my Dominican friends say the same thing when they are going to the DR. If I'm talking with someone from another country I say I'm going to my country, if he doesn't know where I'm from, I'll tell s/he the Dominican Republic.
If I'm talking to a Dominican that doesn't know me well and I tell that person that I'm going to Santo Domingo, s/he automatically is going to ask me what part of Santo Domingo I'm from, which I'm going to answer Santiago.
When a Dominican in the USA says that s/he is going to Santo Domingo, they don't Mean La Capital.
As per the Article 9 of the Dominican Republic Constitution, the name of the island is the Island of Santo Domingo.
When I and any other Dominican outside of the DR say that we are going to Santo Domingo, we mean we are going to the Dominican side of the island. Dominican are very proud of their place of birth no matter where in the DR they were bored. I will never say I'm from "La Capital".
I as a Dominican I don't care if you call the country DR, The Dominican, The Republic, Dominican Republic, Quisqueya or Santo Domingo. And all the Dominican that I know don't care either.
Only a Gringo would care about something as meaningless as this
We Dominican have to many problems to think or argue about something this trivial. So, call it whatever you want to call it as long as it is understandable that you mean The Dominican Republic.I know The Dominican sound incomplete and awkward in English, but that doesn't mean the end of the world like some posters wants to make it look.
I know AE is sitting on the sidelines
She sure did stir the pot a bit. :laugh::laugh:
Who knew???:laugh:
My Dominican husband refers to the entire country as Santo Domingo. I learned that years ago. When he says so-and-so is from Santo Domingo, I know to ask "What city?" because 9 times out of 10 it's not the capital.
Can anyone tell me the year the country changed names from Santo Domingo to Republica Dominicana? I know the city of Santo Domingo was called Ciudad Trujillo for decades, so I'm thinking the country at that time was Santo Domingo???
AE
I definitely don't think its the end of the world but I find it funny when people call it the Dominican in the same sentence that they are asking about how to rent a house or find a job. I mean, really? You are REALLY gonna move somewhere not even knowing the proper name of the country?
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