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Inquiring Gringos Want to Know
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:14:00 GMT
Even though this snippet is from the LA Times, it puts a smile on my face living in Austin as a Naturalized Texan. ;-) [snip] Dear Mexican, Why do Mexicans call white people gringos? It was the type of impolite question few people would dare ask in everyday Southern California, much less in print. "Dear Gabacho," began Gustavo Arellano's answer in the OC Weekly alternative newspaper. "Mexicans do not call gringos gringos. Only gringos call gringos gringos. Mexicans call gringos gabachos." Arellano went on to explain that gabacho is a sometimes pejorative slang term for white Americans, with "its etymological roots in the Castilian slur for a French national." "Ask a Mexican," the newspaper headlined it. The column, published in 2004, was meant as a one-time spoof, but questions began pouring in. [snip] More: http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-me-gustavo23feb23,0,6797624.story - ferg, muchacho gabacho ;-) -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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