Re: Inquiring Gringos Want to Know

[David M Chess <chess () us ibm com>]

> Gringo comes from the Spanish word "griego" which 
> means "Greek".  It was used in spain to refer to 
> any sea-faring foreigner, or anyone babbling in 
> an unintelligible tongue.

And the way I heard it years ago is that gringos were originally called 
gringos because they were always singing that annoying song "Green Grow 
the Rushes, Oh".  (I swear, I really did read that somewhere in my youth; 
and they weren't kidding or anything.)

Love folk etymology...
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