I took this picture from a Colombian history book that mentions how newspapers changed their language for political purposes, as I had mentioned it last class. It's in Spanish but so I'll briefly translate it.
The day after the Conservative party lost the civil war of 1860-1863, whose typical nature keeps it from being written in upper case, the official newspaper of Cundinamarca changed its spelling from conservative to liberal. It started using Chilean writing as a way to oppose to the conservative godos, or those who used to be supporters of the Spanish crown.
Using specific dialects works rhetorically to promote political ideas. One might think that abandoning Spanish spelling would be a separatist act, but Colombia just looked up to another country. I feel like this paragraph from the book shows Colombia's essence.
Source:
Gutierrez Cely, Eugenio. "Guerra de 1860-1863." El Radicalismo. Bogota: Villegas Editores, 1990. 392. Print.
The day after the Conservative party lost the civil war of 1860-1863, whose typical nature keeps it from being written in upper case, the official newspaper of Cundinamarca changed its spelling from conservative to liberal. It started using Chilean writing as a way to oppose to the conservative godos, or those who used to be supporters of the Spanish crown.
Using specific dialects works rhetorically to promote political ideas. One might think that abandoning Spanish spelling would be a separatist act, but Colombia just looked up to another country. I feel like this paragraph from the book shows Colombia's essence.
Source:
Gutierrez Cely, Eugenio. "Guerra de 1860-1863." El Radicalismo. Bogota: Villegas Editores, 1990. 392. Print.
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