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Juna Gu · Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 4:29 am Post subject:

That scouse phrase book thing is a laff innit. Very funny.

Manc : A lowly cotton mill worker.

Ha. I'm from the old county town of both those places and love the 'pool vernack-lee-ar. Up where I's from the accent has almost totaly gone, unless you're from the West End of Morecambe.

MikeySaid · Joined: 10 Nov 2004 Posts: 509 Location: Torreon, Mexico

it's hillarious to me to see the English get offended when someone thinks they're American.

get over it mate, we're cousins.

Mexicobound · Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 2:17 pm Post subject:

I assert that much like any other "slang" phrase or word, the meaning or usage can alter depending on geographical and social conditions.

For what it is worth, I have talked to several Mexican-Americans here in Texas and this is what they stated.
First, they all agreed that using the word "gringo" could be considered pejorative depending on how it is used.

Secondly, I was advised that the term "huero" or "guero" is the more acceptable term when referring to Caucasians in general and not considered pejorative.

TheLongWayHome · Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 1016 Location: San Luis Piojosi

Phil_K · Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 2041 Location: A World of my Own

sweeney66 · Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 147 Location: "home"

Me, I'm a "gabacha" that's what cool people say.

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

From my Mexican experience, most Mexicans assume that if you are light-skinned and speak English, you are 'obviously' an American, and therefore you are a gringo. Sometimes it is a pejorative, while other times it is merely descriptive.

If a Mexican eventually realizes you are from somewhere other than the USA, you are less likely to be labelled a gringo... but there is no guarantee of that.