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  • El Gringo

    It's a word that many white Americans find derogatory. It's usually not though. It just means foreigner.

    The word "gringo" has been in use before the U.S. existed as a country. It was officially documented in a Spanish (Spain) dictionary in the year 1787. It comes from the Spanish word "griego" or Greek. In English we have a similar term "It's Greek to me." It means someone is speaking unintelligibly. Eventually it was used to refer to foreigners.

    In Brazil, for example, everyone who isn't Brazilian is a gringo. In Mexico it's generally a white American. Other countries it can be anyone who is a foreigner and is not Latin American.

    So, if you are called a gringo (or gringa), my advice is.."tranquilo" Relax, it's not a big deal.

    Then again if you are walking down a street and pass some sketchy guys huddled and hear whispers of "Gringo," then yeah, keep your head on a swivel.

    Anyone have a story when they were called a gringo? Or a different origin for the term?

  • #2
    You must realize that today people want to be offended.
    The world's still a toy if you just stay a boy!

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    • #3
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      • #4
        My advice:

        Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

        - Theodore Roosevelt
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        • #5
          Originally posted by Johnny D View Post
          Does it really matter <moderated> find offensive? White Americans - <moderated>. How dare you!
          Like I said people just want to be offended. No one said anything about color in the opening post did they?
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          • #6
            Theres a mexican restaurant in houston called Gringos and its amaze balls. Mad gringos be in there with a big ol smile eating to their hearts content.
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            • #7
              I worked in a Chinese owned company for a number of years. There were only four non ethnic Chinese employees in the company and we were often referred to as guilos. The term was,I assumed, used in a humorous way; however, the term can be considered pejorative. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow.
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              • #8
                Try not to offend and try harder not to be offended.
                The world's still a toy if you just stay a boy!

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by CUSP82 View Post
                  You must realize that today people want to be offended.
                  I'm offended.
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by not2big View Post
                    I worked in a Chinese owned company for a number of years. There were only four non ethnic Chinese employees in the company and we were often referred to as guilos. The term was,I assumed, used in a humorous way; however, the term can be considered pejorative. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow.
                    Anyone remotely Asian is called "Chino" here. It's not meant in an offensive way but because the few Asian immigrants here were Chinese. Costa Rica had a good amount of Asian immigration through the 80's and 90's. There's even a small but legit chinatown there. It was interesting seeing this mix of Latin, Asian, and American culture. People speaking English, Chinese and Spanish. It was also a trip hearing Spanish spoken with a Chinese accent.

                    I've heard a few different stores on the word gringo. That it means "Green Go home," referring to the U.S. military during some conflict. That it came from the Irish soldiers who are invloved in South American conflicts who sung a song "Green Grow the Rushes."

                    I think the first time I heard it was from movies or some TV show where it usually sets up a conflict, "Hey gringo, you're in the wrong part of town, ese". lol.

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                    • #11
                      Personally I'd rather be called a gingo than an asshole. See being called an asshole is personal; being called name because of skin color or origin well there's not much I can do about that and I don't find that offensive.
                      The world's still a toy if you just stay a boy!

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                      • #12
                        Why did “Oriental” become pejorative? It literally means from the east as opposed to “occidental”meaning from the west?
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                        • #13
                          Most people don't know that nor do they care. Oklahoma is an Indian word meaning red skinned people. If most folks knew that we'd lose a state.
                          The world's still a toy if you just stay a boy!

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                          • #14
                            El Estupido was here...
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Dangler View Post
                              El Estupido was here...
                              Honestly, this just made me LOL
                              Going an inch and 1/2 deeper than before

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