Hispanic Heritage Month

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brown people scare me

FYI not all latinos are brown....

No but the scary ones are

You betchouass we are.

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Happy Hispanic heritage month!

Saludos,

Caro

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Hooray for Hispanic Heritage and influence!

English Borrows from Spanish New World encounters bring new words

Many adopted Spanish words are food terms, such as tamale, taco, salsa, cilantro, guacamole, enchilada, oregano, and burrito. They are usually used in their original Spanish forms. Others, such as tuna, which comes from the Spanish atún, are variations of the original.

Other food words are of American Indian origin, but came into English via Spanish. Tomato, for instance, is derived from the Spanish tomate, a corruption of the Nahuatl word tomatl. Chocolate comes from the Nahuatl word xocolatl. Potato comes from papa, meaning white potato in the Inca language, Quechua; and batata, sweet potato in the Taino Indian language of the Caribbean. Banana, on the other hand, entered Spanish from the West African languages of Wolof, Mandingo, and Fulani.

Animal Names

A number of animal words went directly from Indian languages into Spanish and then English. Puma originated in Quechua, while jaguar comes from yaguar, a word of the Guarani who live in what is now Paraguay, and iguana is a modification of iwana, used by the Arawak and Carib of the West Indies.

Riding Through the Desert

When Americans began exploring the Southwest in the early 19th century they encountered an established Mexican culture, which has provided English with many everyday words. Some involve horseback riding, including rodeo, lasso, and lariat, since the horse was a key part of frontier life for both Mexicans and Americans.

Ranch, a common English word today, hails from the Mexican Spanish rancho, meaning ranch, settlement, or meat ration.

Sailing the Spanish Main

Hurricane, tobacco, and hammock came to English from the Caribbean. In the 17th and 18th centuries American and English traders plied the ports of the West Indies and South America. Weather often required extended stays in these ports, acquainting the English speakers with Spanish culture.

In addition, buccaneers in search of treasure sailed "the Spanish Main," the South American mainland from the Orinoco River in present-day Venezuela to Panama. It is likely they also acquired many Spanish words now used in English.

Common Words with Spanish Origins

Alligator: el lagarto, the lizard

Booby: bobo, silly or selfish, from the Latin for stammering, balbus

Bronco: meaning wild or rough

Cafeteria: cafetería, a coffee shop

Cargo: cargar, to load

Cigar, Cigarette: cigarro

Comrade: camarada, old Spanish for barracks company or roommate

Guerrilla: a small raiding party or fighting force

Hoosegow: from juzgado, a tribunal or courtroom, past participle of juzgar, to judge

Mustang: mestengo or mesteño, a stray animal

Patio: courtyard in Spanish

Peccadillo: a form of pecado, to sin

Renegade: renegado, deserter or outlaw

Savvy: saber, to know

Tornado: tornar, to turn, tronada, thunderstorm

Vamoose: vamos, let's go

Words with the same meaning in both languages include aficionado, armada, barracuda, mosquito, tobacco, and vanilla.

Edited September 16, 2008 by Jabberwocky

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Steven you are such a kissass

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Steven you are such a kissass

It's what us White People like so much...

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anybody know how the word Hispanic came about? i dont mind being called Hispanic but call my mom or some of the older generation that could get u in a lot of trouble..........

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Steven you are such a kissass

It's what us White People like so much...

*mutters* goddamn hippie

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Woot, woot for the latinos!!!!!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Steven you are such a kissass

It's what us White People like so much...

*mutters* goddamn hippie

I so want to throw my double latte skinny in your face right now but that would be rash of me.

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Steven you are such a kissass

It's what us White People like so much...

*mutters* goddamn hippie

I so want to throw my double latte skinny in your face right now but that would be rash of me.

Not to mention intolerant and very unwhite of you.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Steven you are such a kissass

It's what us White People like so much...

*mutters* goddamn hippie

I so want to throw my double latte skinny in your face right now but that would be rash of me.

Not to mention intolerant and very unwhite of you.

...now I have even more White Guilt.

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anybody know how the word Hispanic came about? i dont mind being called Hispanic but call my mom or some of the older generation that could get u in a lot of trouble..........

ah.. hispanic is just people that speak Spanish.. although it originally meant the people that came frmo Hispania (Spain)..

some people don't like to be called hispanics.. because they're not spanish.. nor latinos, cuz they don't speak latin either -although yes it's derived from there-... sometimes it tries to encompass such a variety of countries and local dialects.. so people don't like it..

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Hispanic American Medal of Honor Recipients

Thirty-nine Hispanic-Americans are among the more than 3,400 Medal of Honor recipients to be awarded this decoration from the President, in the name of Congress, since its creation in 1861.

The U.S. Army Center of Military History reports that in 1973, the U.S. Senate ordered the citations for these brave acts be compiled and reprinted in a volume published by the Government Printing Office.

The following narratives describe the heroic efforts of the 39 Hispanic-American Medal of Honor recipients, as they appear in the Congressional compilation. Any misspellings or other mistakes can be attributed to the original narrative.

List of recipients

ADAMS, LUCIAN

BACA, JOHN P.

BARKELEY, DAVID B.

BAZAAR, PHILIP

BENAVIDEZ, ROY P.

DE LA GARZA, EMILIO A., JR.

DIAS, RALPH E.

FERNANDEZ, DANIEL

GARCIA, FERNANDO LUIS

GARCIA, MARCARIO

GOMEZ, EDWARD

GONSALVES, HAROLD

GONZALEZ, ALFREDO

GONZALES, DAVID M.

GUILLEN, AMBROSIO

HERNANDEZ, RODOLFO P.

HERRERA, SILVESTRE S.

JIMENEZ, JOSE

FRANCISCO

KEITH, MIGUEL

LOPEZ, BALDOMERO

LOPEZ, JOSE M.

LOZADA, CARLOS JAMES

MARTINEZ, BENITO

MARTINEZ, JOE P.

OBREGON, EUGENE ARNOLD

ORTEGA, JOHN PEREZ, MANUEL, JR.

RASCON, ALFRED

ROCCO, LOUIS R.

RODRIGUEZ, CLETO

RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C.

RUBIO, EURIPIDES

RUIZ, ALEJANDRO R.

RENTERIA

SANTIAGO-COLON,

HECTOR

SILVA, FRANCE

VALDEZ, JOSE F.

VARGAS, M. SANDO, JR.

VILLEGAS, YSMAEL R.

YABES, MAXIMO

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HAPPY HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH to all latinos!

Edited September 16, 2008 by Mina76

[Nessa 23]

anybody know how the word Hispanic came about? i dont mind being called Hispanic but call my mom or some of the older generation that could get u in a lot of trouble..........

i don't like being called hispanic, because i am not hispanic, i don't speak spanish and nobody from my family has any spanish heritage. on the other hand, I have no problem being called latina, since i am from latin america.

hispanic

Hispanic is a term that historically denoted relation to the ancient Hispania (geographically coinciding with the Iberian peninsula; modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and Gibraltar) or to its pre-Roman peoples.

The term is now confined to refer to the culture and people of Spain and the Spanish-speaking countries of Hispanic America. Additionally, countries or regions with a historical legacy from Spain, including the Southwestern United States and Florida; the African nations of Equatorial Guinea, Western Sahara, and the Northern coastal region of Morocco; and the Asia-Pacific nations of the Philippines, Guam, and Northern Mariana Islands may be considered to be part of the Hispanosphere.