Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"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