Los Bulls Honor The Great Language of Spanglish
The NBA has been honoring their Latin fans by having certain teams wear jerseys that say Los (Insert Team Name Here). The Lakers, Heat, Suns, Spurs, Mavericks, Rockets and Knicks have all already done it. The Bulls will be joining them by wearing specially-made jerseys on Friday. Here’s what it will look like:
If I were Latin (which I’m not, but still) I would be a bit insulted by this. Why “Los Bulls”? Why not “Los Toros”? It’s almost like we are mocking their culture. Putting “Los” in front of an English word seems to be like a joke that people make when they are trying to say something in Spanish but are really just mocking the language.
In other news, Spanglish-speaking people of all kinds are celebrating this wonderful honor.
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Comment from Zoner
Time March 25, 2009 at 12:25 pm
agreed. They want to honor the culture but not mess with the brand? I don’t get it.
Comment from Ozzie
Time March 25, 2009 at 3:41 pm
That’s right you are not Latin, nor are you Latino. But thanks for calling idiots out so I don’t have to.
Comment from Ethan
Time March 25, 2009 at 5:25 pm
best latin themed pro sports jersey ever: http://www.jersey-joe.com/grafx/ASE62FCBREHt.jpg
Comment from ben
Time March 26, 2009 at 10:49 am
“Los Bulls” is not spanglish people. It is the correct way to use a proper noun (ie a team name) in Spanish. Did we not all take Spanish in junior high/high school???
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Comment from StevieY19
Time March 25, 2009 at 12:07 pm
This is muy offensive.
The Lakers have been offending Spanish speakers everywhere with their Los Angeles jerseys for a long time.