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Thread #68626 Message #2105331
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
17-Jul-07 - 04:40 PM
Thread Name: The Alamo--Needless Martyrs
Subject: RE: The Alamo--Needless Martyrs
The Snail- Yes, very true. "Gringo*, adj. coloq. Extranjero, especialmente de habla inglesa, y en general hablante de una lengua que no sea la espanola." Also "7. Lenguaje ininteligible." From "Dictionario de la Lengua Española," Real Academia Española, xxii ed., 2001, vol. 1. *"De etim. disc." = origin under discussion.
See thread 46273, esp. post by Dicho, 09 Apr. 02, concerning entry by Terreros y Pando in his Diccionario, ca. 1750. A lot more, but I am not about to do your reading for you.