MOSCOW, October 29 (RIA Novosti) — The Roma people in Spain are outraged by the fact that the Royal Spanish Academy has called them “cheaters” in one of the definitions in the new dictionary, ABC Spain reported Wednesday.
In one of the definitions the dictionary describes the Roma as “those who use deceit and trickery in order to swindle someone in any question. Those who try to cheat someone using lies and tricks”.
The Feminist Roma Association plans to stage protests on November 7 in front of the Royal Spanish Academy building in Madrid.
According to the association, the Royal Spanish Academy’s director stated that the dictionary does not have to be politically correct.
This is not the first time when the Roma ask the Spanish academics to reconsider the “Roma” definition in the dictionary. In 2012, the Royal Spanish Academy said it would think about changes, but mentioned that all amendments in the dictionary must be agreed upon with the Association of Spanish Language Academies. Two years later, the new edition of the dictionary was published without changes.
