[Rick29945]

According to Rawson, the Diccionario Castellano of 1787 noted that in Malaga ‘foreigners who have a certain type of accent which keeps them from speaking Spanish easily and naturally’ were referred to as gringos, and the same term was used in Madrid, particularly for the Irish. The true origin of gringo is most likely that it came from griego, the Spanish word for ‘Greek.’ In Spanish, as in English, something difficult or impossible to understand is referred to as being Greek: We say ‘It’s Greek to me,’ just as in Spanish an incomprehensible person is said to hablar en griego (i.e., ‘speak in Greek’).

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Name : Rick29945, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Atheist, City : Springfield, State : OH, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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