One of the most exciting seasons in the Dominican Republic began: winter baseball. On these dates the passions of the fans of Tigres del Licey, Águilas Cibaeñas, Leones del Esgido, Gigantes del Cibao, Toros del Este and Estrellas Orientales are awakened.
You will find it strange that Adelaida Martínez R. writes about baseball in her column “Journalism and Grammar”, where she regularly exposes, with the intention of edifying, spelling issues and others related to the world of journalism, except in special cases.
Well, the reason for the above is the following: just as the passions are awakened in the fans of the six teams that make up Creole baseball, the unforgivable misspellings and other confusions that occur in some terms that are commonly used are also exposed. daily life in the world of sports.
Let’s go to what it touches! I have seen several colleagues and a sports reporter write “liceysta” to refer to the supporters of the Tigres del Licey, that is incorrect, because, as the Fundéu-Rae points out, the suffix ysta does not exist in our language, but ista, which is postponed to a lexical root or morpheme to form trade or profession names, as well as adjectives with the meaning of supporter or addict to what the same root expresses. So, please, let us remember that he is a high school student (that supporter or sympathizer of the Licey team).
Another interesting fact that the Academies highlight to us has to do with the name given to the followers of the Águilas Cibaeñas. According to the DRAE, the terms aguileños and aguiluchos are correct and can be used interchangeably.
In this context, they explain that “Aguileño” refers to the face that is long and sharp like the beak of the eagle. While “Aguilucho” refers to the eagle’s chicken, a common name for relatively small falconiform birds with the elongated eagle’s tail and wings.
I have also seen that some write the articles that accompany the name of the different teams with the initials of these in capital letters, remember that, if they are not part of the proper names, the correct thing is to write them in lower case. For example: Yesterday I learned that the Eagles and the Licey are the teams that account for approximately 70% of the country’s fans.
Finally, I remind you that this beautiful winter baseball season is to enjoy, to give healthy wind to the opposing team, but without offenses.
Thanks for reading me!
The entrance It is unforgivable that you write “liceysta” was first published in The Caribbean Newspaper.
