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| Posted On: | 28-Apr-2005 |
| From: | Dinorah Carcamo [cutecards4u.....com] |
| Subject: | Re: [roatan] Whats a gringo |
Alvin: good point, thanks for the tip. I never saw it that way... I always thought that black with any other race the result was a mulato and spaniard with indian was a mestizo. Alvin Jackson wrote: with all due respect. If you love your sister in law, don't call her mulata. The word in and of itsself is a negative. Por ejemplo; Mula = mule yes or no? The thought of calling anyone a mule is terrible. the spaniards never got it right either.,(mestizo) just a thought for you to consider. al jackson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dinorah Carcamo" To: Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 10:45 PM Subject: Re: [roatan] What's a gringo? > > > I really don't know how the word "gringo" was adquired or how it is used > in the Island or in Miami. I grew up in the mainland, San Pedro Sula to be > more exact and as far as I am concern we Never used the word gingo as an > insult! It is just an adjetive for some one with light skin and probably > light colored eyes, just like the Mexicans say "gueros",(with the > "dieresis" on the letter u, the two dots).I am sorry if some people might > get offended but the term was just available and we started using it. Now, > I have a friend from the Philipines and she says that the word gringo > really started in the Philipines and that the word gringo really means > "green go". She said that when military men arrived to the island were not > really welcomed and they couldn't speak English so they said "Green Go!" > as meaning"people wearing green uniform go away". I believe that if > someone gets offended by any term it is best not to use it. For example > some people from El Salvador don't like to be called > "guanacos", but the other day I saw a sign on a car "100% guanaco", and I > am 100% "catracha"! Is like the word "Negro", it all depends how and who > says it, the tone of the voice,etc. We always called my niece "negrita" > because she was darker. My sister in law is mulata and we call her "La > Negra", we loved them both and we are not trying to offend them. I hope > that this helps you all, until next time. > > "Charles R. Meador, Jr." wrote: > > Elwin - > > Actually, Florida law describes hate crimes as "criminal acts that > evidence prejudice based on race, religion, ethnicity, color, > ancestry, sexual orientation, or national origin." > > Depending on the circumstances, caucasion, protestant, white person, > British, heterosexual and United States citizen can be hate words as > well. > > Mysteriously, the term "snowbird" does not fit in to any of these > categories. > > As used in Honduras, by my wife who is Honduran, and by others of > those I have met in Honduras, Mexico (southern), El Salvador, Belize, > Panama, Costa Rica and Cubans (in Florida), the term gringo is only > used to describe us camarones, regardless of national origin, no > offense intended. And its so much easier to say than estadounidense. > > Charlie Meador > Coco Pando Resort > www.cocopando.com > La Ceiba, Honduras > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------- > > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roatan/ > > > roatan- > > the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > _____ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.roatanet.com ----------- To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roatan/ roatan- the Yahoo! Terms of Service. _____ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com http://www.roatanet.com To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roatan/ roatan- : | |
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