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pinguin ![]() Editorial Staff ![]() ![]() Joined: 29-Sep-2006 Location: Chile Status: Offline Points: 7508 |
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This thread is just for fun. Any questions about the real meaning of the word, you are welcome to ask.
Gringo (feminine, gringa) is a Spanish and Portuguese word used in Latin America to generally denote people from the United States, but in some cases it is also used to denote foreign non-native speakers of Spanish (physical appearance i.e. race often plays a role), usually from northern Europe or Canada--especially English-speakers.[1] Anglophones may consider the word pejorative, and dictionaries such as the American Heritage Dictionary classify gringo as "offensive slang," "usually disparaging," and "often disparaging."[2] However, Hispanophones disagree on whether or not gringo is derogatory; it is not considered as such by the authoritative Diccionario de la lengua española de la Real Academia Española.
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Is that your photo, Pinguin?
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pinguin ![]() Editorial Staff ![]() ![]() Joined: 29-Sep-2006 Location: Chile Status: Offline Points: 7508 |
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Nope. It is from wikipedia. The newspaper is real, and it is published in Mexico and the U.S. Take a look:
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I have heard that Gringo appeared as a word in central america during the Spannish - American war, when people were unpleased by the US occupation and whenever they saw an american soldier they said "Green go" (because of the green uniforms).
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Mixcoatl ![]() Immortal Guard ![]() ![]() Joined: 02-Aug-2004 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 4581 |
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American uniforms were blue back then
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Paul ![]() Editorial Staff ![]() ![]() AE Immoderator Joined: 21-Aug-2004 Location: Hyperborea Status: Offline Points: 965 |
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I heard the Dagos adopted the term because the song the US army bands played on the march was "Green Grow the Rushes".
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I do not know how valid it is but I once heard that a Colonel Green was ahead of the Mexican invasion so the Mexicans started to yell Green go home which turned to gringo.
We were called that a few times while in the Sinaloa, Mexico. Maybe someone can look that up because I am ... ![]() ...in siesta mode |
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Well then, brothers and fellow citizens and soldiers, remember this in order that your memorial, your fame and freedom will be eternal.
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pinguin ![]() Editorial Staff ![]() ![]() Joined: 29-Sep-2006 Location: Chile Status: Offline Points: 7508 |
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How many gringos live in Mexico? Anyone knows? I read someplace there were circa one million Americans that moved there to live.
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eaglecap ![]() Tsar ![]() ![]() Joined: 15-Feb-2005 Location: DesertSouthwest Status: Offline Points: 3264 |
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I think many of them are retirees because it is so cheap to buy a home in Mexico compared to the USA or Canada. |
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Well then, brothers and fellow citizens and soldiers, remember this in order that your memorial, your fame and freedom will be eternal.
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lirelou ![]() Samurai ![]() Joined: 26-Mar-2009 Location: Tampa, FL Status: Offline Points: 137 |
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I lived and worked in Mexico, at the U.S. embassy near the Angel de la Independencia, from 1995 to 1997. The answer at that time was: "Over 1 million North Americans". That number included Canadians. It was a difficult number to capture because many North Americans who live in Mexico split their time between Mexico, and their place of origin. At the time, that was 1 million out of Mexico's estimated 89 million. I'm sure the Regional Security Officer has more updated figures.
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Phong trần mài một lưỡi gươm, Những loài giá áo túi cơm sá gì
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pinguin ![]() Editorial Staff ![]() ![]() Joined: 29-Sep-2006 Location: Chile Status: Offline Points: 7508 |
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Interesting. I didn´t see your post before. Do you have figures about how many Americans live in Latin America as a whole? In my country there are quite a few.
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"He who attempts to count the stars, not even knowing how to count the knots of the 'quipus'(counting string), ought to be held in derision."
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I have heard this story in the context of the Mexican American war. The problem with the Mexican American war is that the uniforms were not green, they were blue. Besides, the word is also used in Argentina for English people. :) It is comes from the word, griego, or Greek. The whole point is that you can't understand them; they are speaking Greek. Edited by hugoestr - 01-May-2009 at 05:19 |
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To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
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pinguin ![]() Editorial Staff ![]() ![]() Joined: 29-Sep-2006 Location: Chile Status: Offline Points: 7508 |
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Gringo has the same idea of the original word "spic", when it wasn't an insult. Spanish speakers have a problem to pronounce "Speak", that for english speakers sounds somthing like "speek", and that was the origin of that slur. It only meant people who said "I don't spic English".
In the same sense, Gringo in Spanish (pronounced Green-Gow) sounds like a Texan cowboy speaking english to Spanish ears: strange. Besides, the archetype of a strange sounding language in Spanish is greek, and there are several sayings that describe that language as weirdly pronounced. So the derivation of "green-gow" from "greek" seems likely.
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"He who attempts to count the stars, not even knowing how to count the knots of the 'quipus'(counting string), ought to be held in derision."
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My point wasn't made correctly.
The word wasn't created in Mexico. It was created in Spain. No green uniforms; no green grow the trees; no Texan sluring words :P gringo wikipedia |
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To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
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lirelou ![]() Samurai ![]() Joined: 26-Mar-2009 Location: Tampa, FL Status: Offline Points: 137 |
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Nice to see that the wikipedia article references the Academia Real as the final authority for the Spanish language. However the article state that the term is not insulting. Yet teh entry for "gringo" in the very same dictionary classifies it as "familiar, despectivo". i.e., deprecating, insulting. "Green grow the violets" was the most popular marching song in the Mexican-American War, but it appears to be mere coincidence. I would have loved to check my dictionary of "mejicanismos", but to my great shock, I have just discovered that I donated it to a library.
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Phong trần mài một lưỡi gươm, Những loài giá áo túi cơm sá gì
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lirelou ![]() Samurai ![]() Joined: 26-Mar-2009 Location: Tampa, FL Status: Offline Points: 137 |
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Flipper, the Spanish-American war was fought in Cuba, with secondary campaigns in Puerto Rico and the Philippines. Central America was already independent.
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Phong trần mài một lưỡi gươm, Những loài giá áo túi cơm sá gì
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pinguin ![]() Editorial Staff ![]() ![]() Joined: 29-Sep-2006 Location: Chile Status: Offline Points: 7508 |
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This comes from the official dictionary of the Spanish language. The RAE dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy of the Spanish language.
Notice the meaning number 7. It says, language that's impossible to understand.
gringo, ga. (Etim. disc.). 1. adj. coloq. Extranjero, especialmente de habla inglesa, y en general hablante de una lengua que no sea la española. U. t. c. s. (Foreigner, particularly english speaker and in general a speaker of a non-spanish language)
(Foreign language)
3. adj. Am. Mer., Cuba, El Salv., Hond. y Nic. estadounidense. Apl. a pers., u. t. c. s. (British)
5. adj. Ur. ruso (‖ natural de Rusia). U. t. c. s. 6. m. y f. Bol., Hond., Nic. y Perú. Persona rubia y de tez blanca.
(blond pale person)
7. m. coloq. Lenguaje ininteligible. (Ackward language; perhaps "Greek") Edited by pinguin - 02-May-2009 at 03:53 |
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"He who attempts to count the stars, not even knowing how to count the knots of the 'quipus'(counting string), ought to be held in derision."
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Here is a Native American girl that are not espcially fond of gringos or whites. This girl makes a stand against a demonstration protests against illegal immigrants coming to the US. The people participating in the demonstration doesn´t seem to consider that they themselves are descendants from illegal immigrants (at least seen from the perspective of the Amerindians). This girl tries to make it clear to them.
Interesting is also to notice that an Asian woman, probably a first generation immigrant according to her accent and judging from the Natives girls words to her, is participating in the demonstration against immigrants.
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pinguin ![]() Editorial Staff ![]() ![]() Joined: 29-Sep-2006 Location: Chile Status: Offline Points: 7508 |
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Yeah. She is not the only one that think white, black and asian people should go back to theirs continents. If you ask me, I would start with extreme environmentalists
![]() Even more, others think Spain and the Catholic church should return the mountain of silver that was Potosi, and that help to finance Europe and to build the Vatican. Edited by pinguin - 23-May-2009 at 22:46 |
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"He who attempts to count the stars, not even knowing how to count the knots of the 'quipus'(counting string), ought to be held in derision."
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Carcharodon ![]() Baron ![]() Joined: 04-May-2007 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 479 |
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Or extreme capitalists who destroy everything for profit.
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