zforbes
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What is the meaning of this term, pls?
There was a term thrown around on the playground when I was growing up in So Cal: P-nche wada (I'm spelling it like it sounded). Can someone enlighten
me? Related to P-nche gringo? Does it push the same buttons that P-nche gringo does for some people? Just curious. Zoe
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Sharksbaja
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Heck, push any button.....
you are bound to pee off someone.
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zforbes
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Could be...I didn't speak Spanish at the time, so my memory of the sound is probably faulty...I thought it sounded like the "guada" in Guadalajara,
but I can see how guera (with the umlaut over the u) could have sounded the same way to me.
So what does guera mean? (And what do you call the umlaut in Spanish?)
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pokey
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g?ero= lighter skin, hair.
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zforbes
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aha! got it. thanks...no wonder I heard it all the time! I'm about as blonde as they come. This makes me laugh!
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PEENCHAY PHONETIC.....
not an endearing word to be sure....not light skin y hair...
use it sparingly.....
wadda? fuhgedaboudit don't know.....
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umlaut= dieresis
My best guess would also be "P-nche g?era"- damn blonde
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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Braulio
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Yeah - unless they also called you "'inche Lupe".
Your real name ain't Guadalupe is it?
Probably not being a blond and all.
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P-nche vato
Now, what's the slang for beer? Chela? I just can't remember
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Cheve, birria, bironga, una fria...
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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Cheve, that's it! Thank you Oso.
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