That's because "vieja" is quite pejorative in Spanish when used about a person.
The proper way to refer to old people is "personas mayores" or "ancianos" but
never "viejos".
Cheers,
Nathan
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On Apr 7, 2013, at 9:27 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
> Thanks, Nathan, I knew that. I was merely pointing out that the Telegraph is
> no longer an authoritative source of news.
>
> It's interesting that the Spanish used was "vieja", for old lady, rather than
> "hag" in the translations that I've seen.
>
> Chris
>
> On 7 Apr 2013, at 06:12, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Well, the story has had been covered in lots of non-trashy media, including
>> the BBC and El País for example:
>>
>> http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2013/04/04/actualidad/1365098156_230071.html
>>
>> I think it is delightful :-)
>
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