"The Language of Cervantes"

The Los Angeles Times wrote an article on September 16th about ABC television’s decision to provide Spanish closed caption translations of major programs. Titled Lost in Translation, the piece mentioned that ABC’s hit show, Lost, would be made available "in the language of Cervantes." It seems a number of people at the Times are in need of some cultural sensitivity training. Xicanos and Mexicanos do not speak the language of the 15th Century Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, any more than the Los Angeles Times writes in the language of William Shakespeare.