Let me show you a type of person you can find anywhere in Chile: a flayte person.
Defining what makes someone a flayte may be very long and difficult. But I will provide you with some definitions for this word and its implications.
1) Flayte is a socially deprived individual (it may be a thief or an ordinary criminal)
2) Flayte is a culturally deprived individual who uses a very characteristic variety of Chilean Spanish (they nasalize lots of sounds. Nasalization is not part of our phonological system. Besides, they use a particular intonation for words as well as for utterances)
3) Flayte is an underprivileged person (Be careful, someone who is a poor person can be very different from this stereotype. Remember, I am just teaching you the stereotypes you can find in Chile)
Some characteristics of flaytes in general:
*They love listening to reggaeton music (Daddy Yankee is a famous exhibitor of this music gender)
*They often wear white pants.
*They use the so-called BLIN BLIN stuff which is all those fantasy earrings and necklace.
*Flaytes take side on one of Chilean football teams. They can be very violent if you challenge their likes.
*Flaytes tend to pronounce the sound /ch/ as /sh/ (it has a negative social connotation)
*You can see flayte people wearing expensive clothes which is a sign of their status as a social group within our society.
*Flaytes most of the times show a strong sense of identity. They do not feel ashamed of their poor language and lack of cultural background. They have a big sense of loyalty towards their mates.
There are so many variations of the word flayte!! I cannot tell you every single detail about them. I think that this is just a brief introduction and you can recognize a flayte from now on.
I will look for other stereotypes for you to learn!
Night!
