Chicago Cubs system a bilingual community

“When Ozzie Guillen got in trouble for an inappropriate word choice earlier this year, it served as a reminder for several players on the North Side to speak cautiously.

Guillen, the outspoken manager of the Chicago White Sox, used a derogatory slang word for a homosexual in describing a columnist for the Chicago Sun Times back in mid-June.

Guillen is a Venezuela native and said the meaning of the word in his country depicts a man without courage. It meant something else entirely in American culture and Guillen later apologized for anyone it might have offended.”

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