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Thread #46273 Message #2999595
Posted By: Richard Mellish
04-Oct-10 - 04:58 PM
Thread Name: ?Why Mexicans called them 'Gringos'?
Subject: RE: ?Why Mexicans called them 'Gringos'?

GUEST Gargoyle said
"Always nice to have a REAL printed primary source."

Not sure what you're meaning to imply. Did you mean that 1940 was the first appearance of the folk etymology deriving "gringo" from "Green grow the rushes/lilacs"?

Or did you mean that this really is the true etymology? If so, please re-read earlier postings on this thread, which have convincingly demolished it.

Richard