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Subject: Re: Re: One for our side (gringo)
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Date: Sun, 24-Nov-85 00:52:00 EST
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Re etymology of "gringo":
The American Heritage Dictionary offers:
[Spanish gringo (origin obscure), unknown tongue, gibberish]
John Ciardi, in The Browser's Dictionary,
supports the derivation of gringo from "griego" (Greek).
("It's Greek to me".)  He spends about a half-page on this word --
alas, this is not a book I yet own, or I would quote it.

	Randy Hudson {ihnp4,ima}!inmet!rgh