Baja Bernie
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Gringo or Gabacho
You make the call
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Baja Bernie
You make the call |
A little help please Bernie...
Thank you!
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sancho
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If you are asking me which I would
prefer being called, Gringo by a slight
margin, Gabacho seems to have a
little more negative flavor to it,
however my Mexican aquaintances
seem to use gabacho in a friendly way,
or the word for blond person,
which I can't pull the
spelling for
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DENNIS
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That would be ...güero.
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Oso
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Gabacho seems a bit more popular among Chicano vatos locos in the U.S., maybe because they are, in a way, gringos themselves.
I've been over the etymology of gringo many times. I think I've also mentioned that gabacho originated in Spain as a pejorative for the Basque
(Vascos), but is now pretty synonymous with gringo.
Me? Just don't call me yanqui, y' hear?
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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Cypress
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I would rather be called "amigo" than gringo, gabacho, or whatever else pops into mind.  Would place gringo on the same level as "beaner" or any other derogatory term for my amigos from down south.
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Roberto
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How about Saguaro? Altos pero Bavosos.
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nobaddays
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I would most like to be called by my first name. The other two words would not come from afriends mouth unless in jest !
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The Gull
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I was told by a researcher once,
Gabacho came from a derogatory reference to the French when they ran Mexico.
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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Baja Bernie
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Oso
Has it again...............gringo seems to be a little friendlier and has nothing to do with skin color.
Gabacho is more negative, especially with the right inflection.....it does have to do with 'white' folks. I believe you could place trash in front of
white and come close to the slang meaning.
Me..........I have no problem with gringo because it is just shorthand for someone not of Mexican orgin..........again unless the tone is wrong.
Now if one of my Mexican friends called me gringo I would be peeed and that would prove to me that we were no longer friends.............unless the
correct tone were applied.
Tone or accent is more important when searching for meaning in Spanish............I think! Perhaps......as in P-nche (blank) no, let's not go there.
I don't speak much Spanish but I do understand a bit and I pick up on the inflection used.
And yes, I would prefer Burnie from my Mexican friends.
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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The Gull
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Roberto
How about Saguaro? Altos pero Bavosos. |
I believe it is babosos, like babosos animales.
Not to be confused with p1nche pendejo pocho.
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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Oso
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Correct spelling, indistinguishable pronunciation. Babas= drool.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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pappy
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not only pronunciation of term but also region has something to do with meaning as well ...same term in northern part of mexico may have different
meaning that in southern part...
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BAJACAT
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You can call me Beaner or pollo, at longest you use the right tone,If you don't it's a whole different story. I call my white friends, gueros and they
don't mind.
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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Cypress
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soulpatch! You pretty much nailed it!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BAJACAT
You can call me Beaner or pollo, at longest you use the right tone,If you don't it's a whole different story. I call my white friends, gueros and they
don't mind. |
I think you have evolved to Pocho or bolillo but to me you'll always be a Vato 
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BAJACAT
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Ferna I like Pato better...
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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