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From: devine@asgb.UUCP (Robert J. Devine)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.nlang
Subject: Re: One for our side (gringo)
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Date: Tue, 12-Nov-85 14:48:22 EST
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> In article <36@utastro.UUCP> nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather) writes:
> 
> I understand that in Argentina "gringo" means "italian".  I would mention
> the origin of the word, but doubtless everyone knows it already.

  I've never heard of answer to "where did 'gringo' come from?" that
had any finality to it.  One proposed source was that American (United
States-ian:-) soldiers sang a song entitled "Green Grow the Rushes".
Really!