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Re: Gringo....





Green go back (Texas Rangers who wore long "Green coats") said the Mexican when
americans where taking over their territory which slowly but certainly will get back to
their hands.



Claude Genest wrote:

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