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webmanco says on Aug 17, 2006, 08:02:

Sometimes is hard to agree with Dongringo Thanks Tinto

(I really hate it when women get their panties all bunched up their butt, they can get so cranky!) Poor butt happy

njtea5 says on Aug 17, 2006, 10:25:

Stop saying.... Stop saying Gringo to I find it offencive...

njtea5 says on Aug 17, 2006, 10:26:

Stop saying.... Stop saying Gringo to I find it offencive...

njtea5 says on Aug 17, 2006, 10:26:

Stop saying.... Stop saying Gringo to I find it offencive...

Juanes says on Aug 17, 2006, 10:34:

please call me pobrecito inglito thanks and not gringo well as far as im concerned and having spoken to my friends in mexico, guatemala, argentina and peru, gringo is a term of endearment for the US people - maybe the origins come from all those cowboys in the oldern days taking a horse ride down to mexico and raping and pillaging the mexicanos ans stealing their land in the old southern california.

i for one as a british citizen and someone who is the EU would cannot be classed as a gringo according to them but i would be more agreeable with the following diminutivos

1) Euringo

2) Pobrecito Inglito

3) Inglito

4) Chico Blanco


juanes en londres

i suppose if everyone is gonna persevere with this title in threads then i suppose they use a bit of variety -

1) Gringota - a large american female like Ricky Lake or Rosanne
2) Gringito - a scrawny, short & small american male like tom cruise or danny devito.

http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Juanes/

griffbos says on Aug 17, 2006, 17:08:

you can call me Gringo It is not a name that I find offense, being from the states and marrried to a sweet colombian lady I get called gringo often my family, usally as part of some joke but it is all done in good humor and with love:)

famsearch says on Aug 17, 2006, 20:01:

if my wife can call me her gringo, i guess i'm stuck with it... lol
dan

dan

Miguel_Clavo says on Aug 17, 2006, 22:04:

GD...it can be used as a term of affection, meaning "little" or smaller....gringocito means "little gringo"...or it can be used in a belittling fashion.....like an insult to an adult...sorry juanes, you are still a gringo...meaning any foreigner, not just the US....denial is wonderful...use whatever you want to describe yourself, but the rest of the world will still call someone from England a gringo......and in many places "gringo" is just as offensive as the "n-word"...the moderators should enforce the "g-word" as well as the "n-word" to be consistent, if it is offensive to anyone. No race has a monopoly on the english language or is the final authority.....believe it or not.....


Just my opinion...

Miguel_Clavo...Listo!! Libertad!!!...Colombia es pasión!

"F.A.R.C..S.U.C.K.S"

"I would rather die living life, than to live a dying life."........ Oh, and my PM is always ON. Great Bumper Sticker: "Home of the Free, Because of the Brave"

utopiacowboy says on Aug 18, 2006, 08:55:

What is this nonsense? Your wife is calling you gringo?

Disclaimer: any comment I make is inane and is not to be taken seriously, and is so patently ridiculous that no one should take it seriously, even as an insult.

famsearch says on Aug 18, 2006, 12:55:

yup, i call her mi colombiana, and she calls me mi gringo, and she can call me that all day long... =)
dan

dan

Juanes says on Aug 19, 2006, 10:31:

oops i forgot...... there are four spins on the gringo theme if latinos insist on using that name for anyone non latino or if pbh members like a bit of variety in their posts :

GRINGOCITO - small little gringo about the size of your average mexican

GRINGACITA - female version of the above - maybe nicole ricthie

GRINGOCOTE - very large gringo with grande estomago, shorts probably cos no pants fit him

GRINGACOTA - large female probably wearing reebok nikey pumps and bermuda shorts and big stumpy piernes con cellulite - como se dices en espanol - cellulite.......



juanes en londres

http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Juanes/

. says on Aug 19, 2006, 14:19:

Guero? Guero is a mexican word that means "blondy" and not Light skin!. and remember, that word is mexican! Bring your estrato down by saying mexican slangs.

Second: Gringo (in Colombia)is no an offencive word, it's not at all, we (in Colombia) call gringo any one from United States, but if you are from England and looks from USA, you will be called gringo. Now and again, gringo is not ofencive. This is offencive to call Yank to a gringo. Gringo is nice, Yank is not. Gringo (in Colombia)is a nice guy from United State of America. Yank or Yankee(in colombia)is a pedophilic, arrogant, vulgar and drogadict guy from United State of America.

famsearch says on Aug 19, 2006, 14:20:

as for me.... i'll stick with gringo, easier to describe me than: swede, polack, injun, limey, mick, frog-canadien, frog, kraut. that's my basic make up, swedish, polish, not 1, but 2 tribes of indian (arrows not dots), english, irish, french-canadian, french, and german.
dan

p.s. if used on me, none of the above names are offensive, so if you know a good polish or montenero joke, let me know...

dan

kat1 (Moderator) says on Aug 19, 2006, 14:24:

Gringocito? Gringuito means small gringo

Inglesito a diminutive of Ingles
Gringuita small gringa
gringote a big gringo
gringota a big gringa

engage brain before opening mouth

Rubiazo says on Aug 19, 2006, 20:23:

guero is MEXICAN in Colombia they say 'mono' for that. Everywhere else it's "Rubiazo"!

Juanes says on Aug 20, 2006, 06:27:

mucho gracias kat para las lecciones gramaticos i promise i speak better espanol than i write it sometimes.

how about if a situation is very gringo like or you are feeling like a gringo and want to find a macdonalds, how about

GRINGISIMO....???????

juanes en londres

tengo la camisa negra..........

http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Juanes/

elk says on Aug 20, 2006, 08:00:

Calling someone a Gringo I have lived or spent time in Mexico and all of Central America since 1973. Most people I met called me Gringo and it wasn't meant to be offensive. I think in Mexico however it could be used in an offensive manner depending on the speaker.

I have been asked by many people over the years if we considered the word offensive. Costa Ricans are called "Ticos" and people from Nicragua are called "Nicas". I think "Gringo" is used in the same way.

The people of Mexico know the definition of "Gringo", but most Central Americans have no idea of the meaning. (at least from my experience)

elk says on Aug 20, 2006, 08:11:

I would find this offensive My Tico friends somethings introduce there wife as my "Gordita" (my fat wife)

I told them it would be dangerous using this term in the U.S. to introduce your mate, but most didn't understand since they used it as "An expression of affection".

We all have our own culture. Welcome to the Latin world.

famsearch says on Aug 20, 2006, 14:47:

i don't care much about what i'm called... just so long as it's not late for dinner...
dan

dan

Crazy4Cali says on Aug 21, 2006, 08:00:

Cultural differences I about fell out of my politically correct chair when I heard someone refer to el negro and la flaca and la gorda, etc. I kept waiting for the punches to fly.

Silly gringo, those are affectionate terms and are not (usually) meant to offend. Uhhhh...OK.

Then, on Univision, they have:

El gordo y la flaca
La fea mas bella

Try pitching a show in english called:

The fat guy and the skinny chick
or
The must beautiful ugly girl

So it goes.