Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Peter, I had heard gringo derived from "Green go home" during that war, as the US troops uniform was green? In any case, gringo is used in parts of Latin America to designate Americans, in others to refer to foreigners. Best Ed El 08/01/2007, a las 02:31, pmcc escribi?: > "Megwa"? = meiguo = "beautiful country", Chinese name > for America > > yang guizi: yang = "ocean" = foreign = barbarian + > guizi = "little ghost" = devil; yang guizi = barbarian > devil, uncomplimentary Chinese sobriquet for > foreigners > > gringo = [perhaps] derived from "Green Grow the > Lilacs," as heard being sung by U.S. troops marching > triumphally into Mexico after the Mexican-American war > > Pejorative or ironic, take your pick. > > Peter. > SF, CA > > > --- Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Wow. Got to remember that one. >> >> When I was in china they would call us Megwa. maybe >> slang. >> >> Len >> >> >> On Jan 7, 2007, at 6:08 PM, Harrison McClary wrote: >> >>> Leonard Taupier wrote: >>>> Harrison, >>>> >>>> Actually he was talking about trying western >> characters instead of >>>> Chinese. You're right about the word being >> Hispanic but I think >>>> it's used to describe a non-Hispanic. >>> Yeah...and Yang Guizhi is used to describe non >> Chinese...Americans >>> to be exact. >>> >>> -- >>> Harrison McClary >>> Harrison McClary Photography >>> harrison@mcclary.net >>> http://www.mcclary.net >>> ImageStockSouth - Stock Photography >>> http://www.imagestocksouth.com >>> Tobacco Road: Personal Blog: >>> >> > http://web.mac.com/whmcclary/iWeb/tobacco-road/Blog/Blog.html >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug >> for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for >> more information >> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >