mevale
Oct 1, 2009, 8:10 AM
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“Gabacho y gringo son lo mismo, y significa "american", pero como un modismo, o algo así. En Monterrey es raro escuchar gabacho, usamos "gringo". Sé que en Tijuana se usa gabacho, bueno, así escuché que dijo a alguien de allí. Pero de ningún modo lo decimos ofensivamente, es nada más una costumbre.
Apreciamos mucho a los "gringos".” (native from Monterrey)
“(Gringo) es un nombre que se usa para evitar el larguísimo estadounidenses y por supuesto el mal usado americanos.
En sí mismo es neutro, y conozco muchos gringos que están orgullosos de que les llame así, pero porsupuesto se presta para ser usado con tono despectivo, especialmente cuandos se hacen generalizaciones.” (native Mexican speaker, region unknown)
”For many of you that don't know Mexico or has never been here think that the name Gringo is offensive but when you has been in Mexico or know the reasons you understand that the name Gringo is absolutely descriptive and that we only use this name to describe people from the US because your real name is long and complicated to say.
You use to call yourself Americans, but for us Americans are all the people from Argentina to Alaska, when you say North Americans, for us North Americans are all the people from Mexico to Alaska too.
Your nationality in Spanish is long and complicated it is "Estadounidenses" and this is the short name because your nationality in Spanish by the name of your country is "Estadounidensesnorteamericanos" name that is crazy to use.” (native speaker, DF)
”P.D. El dice que esta palabra es ofensiva para para la gente de E.E.U.U., y la he usado en el foro, asi que no quiero ofender a nadie. ¿Es cierto que decirles gringo a ustedes es una ofensa?.” (Mexico, region unknown)
“No sé que respuesta te vayan a dar Novato, pero sé muy bien que no la usamos para ofender, y tengo amigos en los EE.UU. que les gusta llamarse a sí mismos gringos, porque saben que no lo hacemos con mala intención.” (native speaker DF)
“Hi Reina, I'm sorry to hear that you stll feel offended, but please let me clarify some things:
Condoleeza Rice is not blond or white and she is still a gringa because she is from USA, in Mexico we call blonde/white people Güeros, no matter whether they are mexican, french or russian.
Some blond mexican people gets to be called gringos because they are thought to be from USA, not because they are blonds.
The word Gringo comes frrom the necessity to give a name to the people from USA (we can't call them americans) the official word is Estadounidense, but, as you see, is cumbersome to say the least.
Gringo is a legitime word that sometimes is used in a derogatory way, but is very different to a word like greaser, wetback or beaner, which is derogatory from the conception.” (native Mexican, location unkown)
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