Is "Gringo" an offensive or derogatory word?
My Mexican non-English speaking cousin-in-law asked me if I thought that "Gringo" was an offensive term. My response was "no". My reasoning is that "Gringo" is a slang term for non-Mexican North A...
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navegator wrote:
Stnbnv you are correct, I have been repeating the song in my head over and over and Green grow the rushes fits right in, to a non English speaker it sounds like gringo.
That fits the various stories that I have heard over the years, Thank's.
navegator
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"Green Grow the Rushes"- Mexicans probably picked up the first syllables of the song, sung by homesick soldiers and began referring to them as "Greengos". I've heard/read that too.
