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Gringo....




I understood the word "Gringo" to have originated from the notorious Texas
Rangers who wore long "Green coats" !

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Newman" <newman@bcinternet.net>
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 12:33 AM
Subject: Re: permaculture digest: October 11, 2000


> A minor non-pc point, Akiva:
>
> I understood that the term Gringo came from the song the American soldiers
sang as they
> marched. It had a chorus: "Green grow the rushes-O". Or is this just
another nice
> story?
>
> -  Jeffrey Newman
>
>
> Subject: Re: fresh water at beach?
> From: "Akiva" <akivaw@hotmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:02:49 GMT
> X-Message-Number: 6
>
> good info , John, thanks.
>
> the development is for norte americanos (some consider the term "gringo"
> inappropriate, as it originally referred to Greeks)...who seem to be
> willing
> to modify their water-use practices in alignment with optimal ecodesigns
> while on vacation. Ideally, there would be enough water for as some food
> forestry as well.
>
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