The caustic response of RAE to a question about the "genus" of viral brown

The RAE decided some time ago to fight the language dispute in the area where its criteria are the most contested: social networks. From your Twitter account, answer the most unusual questions from users. from different Spanish-speaking countries.

A young woman who calls herself Betibú in her report Wednesday expressed her concern about the "gender" of brown. Y the caustic response of the RAE has had a lot of repercussion.

"Hello @RAEinforma, I have a dilemma, today, talk about my worst is nothing @JPG_Music I realized that I can say that a strap is black, but not that she is brown. Because? Are we discriminating against brownies? Thank you for your attention, "wrote the user.

"There are adjectives of two ends, such as" red, -ja "," yellow, -lla "or" listo, -ta ", and others of only one ending, valid for the masculine and the feminine, such as "brown", "blue" or "Imbecile"", responded to the official report of the Academy, with a choice of curious examples.

The answer was celebrated by many Internet users, annoyed by a question they deemed unnecessary. Memories and congratulatory messages abounded in the intelligent way of answering.

The Academy argues that masculine words "can include the feminine in some contexts". Therefore, it does not accept duplicates, such as "Latinos and Latinas".

In the section "Grammatical Questions", he states that "the masculine, because it is not marked, can include the feminine in certain contexts. There is no reason to think that the masculine gender excludes women in such situations"

"No need to force to duplicate, we do not talk like that"said Víctor García de la Concha, honorary director of RAE, during the presentation.