Re: Incorrect use of "it's" in package control files -- file mass bug?
Theodore Ts'o wrote:
>> The story that I've heard is that the term was coined during the
>> U.S. / Mexican war (where the U.S. essentially stole a large part of
>> Texas from Mexico at gun-point --- personally, as far as I'm
>> concerned, you can have Texas back as long as you take George Bush
>> with it :-), the American soldiers were often heard to sing the song,
>> "Green Grow the Rushes Oh" as they marched through Mexican territory,
>> and that's where the term "Gringo" came from.
On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 04:49:30PM +0800, David Palmer wrote:
> http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/gringo.htm
I feel better now as the folk etymology I heard is listed there.
-- wli
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