Re: Gringo question

["John S. Quarterman" <jsq@matrix.net>]

>I´m sorry to disappoint but the origin of the term Gringo is, in fact, a corrup
>tion of "Green Go!", a Mexican reaction to North American invasion. 

We went around on this back in January.  A summary of the various theories
may be found in:
 http://www.mids.org/sinclair/history/mod/gringo.html

John S. Quarterman <jsq@matrix.net>
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