A Kid Filipino called me a gringo

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thread starter gobhi Apr 22 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

At school a filipino called me a gringo

Collete 04/22/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

What does Gringo mean? o_0

Samomo 04/22/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

oh mi gawd its the grinch!

Yawned 04/22/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I think Gringo is one of those racial slurs? Like Jap is to Japanese and Gringo is to English Speakers?

RedValentine 04/22/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

It's to identify U.S. Citizens... well... just searched it up in wiki and that's what it said...

GuyFawkes Apr 22 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Gringo=White person. Wait are you from the Philippines? If so, I happened to live there for a year with my family (Related to Filipinos BTW) and I noticed the things that they consider "Taboo" are just honestly stupid.

RedValentine 04/22/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

GuyFawkes said: "Gringo=White person. Wait are you from the Philippines? If so, I happened to live there for a year with my family (Related to Filipinos BTW) and I noticed the things that they consider "Taboo" are just honestly stupid." Yeah, I live in Philippines... They just love those things... Witch doctors are famous here >_>" though my family doesn't strongly believe in those kind of things... Filipinos are just crazy... I wanted to get out of here and live in Europe >_>"

GuyFawkes 04/22/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I knew it. I loved the Philippines, it's just that the humor that they have their is lame. I only met TWO honestly normal people there. Two people I could actually sit down and talk to without having them ask me for money and whatnot.

Boxxy 04/22/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

LOL grigoland

Cheesecake 04/22/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Well, finally it's the white people's turn. My real reply is: Ignore it.

RedValentine 04/22/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

GuyFawkes said: "I knew it. I loved the Philippines, it's just that the humor that they have their is lame. I only met TWO honestly normal people there. Two people I could actually sit down and talk to without having them ask me for money and whatnot." Oh I hate my classmates, they're always like... "Can I have 5 pesos? 10 pesos? 15? 20? 100?" gosh... then my mom goes: "it's better to give than to receive" and those other kind of quotes...

JabbaWockeez 04/22/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Good for you

x179496x Apr 22 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Kano is a term in filipino to call a white person, err, white. EDIT: Gringo is translated to 'People' in english. Sources: Parents

Aerozone 04/22/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

In the Mexican American War (1846-1848), the U.S army had green uniforms (not the best camo huh?). Obviously the Mexican citizen did not want soldiers of a foreign country in their land, so whenever they saw soldiers, they would saw (in English, duh, otherwise the soldiers wouldn't understand it) Green, go! Over time it got condensed into a more easier to say green go in Spanish, which is gringo. In Mexico and southern South America, its considered an insult generally, but in the northern areas of South America, its just "American."

braadw0rst 04/22/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Who gives a damn?