Yup, born and raised on poutine and maple syrup. However, I don't follow hockey. Can't stand it. I'm an american football fan. Go Vikings!
Cheers
Luc
Will Canadiens Be Allowed At This Year's Super Billiards Expo?
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Yup, born and raised on poutine and maple syrup. However, I don't follow hockey. Can't stand it. I'm an american football fan. Go Vikings!
Cheers
Luc
Just want to say thanks to Kickin' Chicken for giving me the chance to post that South Park pic. 
"Skatchies" ??? After living here for nearly 55 years, and having travelled around the world a few time, I have never heard that before. But it is in the urban dictionary so someone must think it is a proper nickname.
Dave <-- will show up at SBE some year, maybe next year, to meet my buddies Steve, Jimbo, Eric, Koop, III, Rocker, Roger, Scott, etc., etc., etc
But do you know where the word "Gringo" comes from :grin-square:?
Brian, Sean, Terry and the rest of you, I know who you're dealing with. He's the founder of the Canadian Mafia. You really don't want PT making you an offer
!Lyn
Lyn;
I was under the impression that "Gringo" was the Mexican (spanish) adaption of what they called us Americanos to do with the 'green coats' our military wore.
did I win a T-shirt?
best,
brian kc <--- American but also an "eh player". Nice one ctyhntr!
p.s. and you are def welcome Luther.
I was under the impression that "Gringo" was the Mexican (spanish) adaption of what they called us Americanos to do with the 'green coats' our military wore.
did I win a T-shirt?
best,
brian kc <--- American but also an "eh player". Nice one ctyhntr!
p.s. and you are def welcome Luther.
I understand 'gringo' to be a corruption of 'greigo'..meaning 'Greek'.
And I'm of two minds about Luther's contribution...my initials are on two different people.
I cleared some PM space, KC
For all the Eh players out there!
So, are we setting up a meet at SBE this year or what?
My photoshop skills are poor, but I want to make our norther neighbors feel welcome. Feel free to photoshop in some moosehead bridges, Dufferin & Falcon cues, and some black gold crowns.
So, are we setting up a meet at SBE this year or what?
My photoshop skills are poor, but I want to make our norther neighbors feel welcome. Feel free to photoshop in some moosehead bridges, Dufferin & Falcon cues, and some black gold crowns.
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No winners here. Gringo was a nickname for Americans in Texas and the Southwest during the early 1800's. Short for "Green Grow The Lilacs". A very popular song amongst the pioneers traveling west.
Brian, I'm a eh players as well. Spent my early years in Ottawa.
Lyn
Brian, I'm a eh players as well. Spent my early years in Ottawa.
Lyn
Brian and Lyn
I've dabbled in etymology for years.
It's not out of vanity but of a love for words that I'm going to belabor the
origin of the term 'gringo'.
In some languages the 'G' sound morphs into an 'NG' sound....
....hence 'greigo' (which means greek) morphing into 'gringo'.
Ya know what I mean, mang?
One of my most treasured books is by Ernst Klein...
http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j...=6xN6siMHe20kmIiCXUkeng&bvm=bv.43148975,d.dmQ
I've dabbled in etymology for years.
It's not out of vanity but of a love for words that I'm going to belabor the
origin of the term 'gringo'.
In some languages the 'G' sound morphs into an 'NG' sound....
....hence 'greigo' (which means greek) morphing into 'gringo'.
Ya know what I mean, mang?
One of my most treasured books is by Ernst Klein...
http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j...=6xN6siMHe20kmIiCXUkeng&bvm=bv.43148975,d.dmQ
I had always heard that gringo was refering to the green uniforms as in "Green Go" or go away.
Don't mess with Ernst Klein, Bruce.
He spoke 40 languages and had a working knowledge of another 20.
He wrote his dictionary because of all the mistakes he encountered in
the popular ones.
Many word origin explanations he considered 'folk etymology'.....
....a likely story.
from wikipedia
I'm moving slowly and stealthily back towards pt's position on this. :wink:
best,
brian kc <----- we never stop learning . . . well, some of us . . .
Gringo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
. . . to speak in Greek, in gibberish, in gringo.
Gringo is a nickname applied to Europeans. It is probably derived from griego (Greek). The Germans say of anything incomprehensible, “That sounds like Spanish”, — and, in like manner, the Spaniards say of anything they do not understand, “That is Greek”.[13]
[edit] In English
"Gringo" has been in use in the English language since the 19th century.[14] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first recorded use of the term in an English source is in John W. Audubon's Western Journal of 1849;[14] Audubon recalls that he and his associates were derided and called "Gringoes" while passing through the town of Cerro Gordo, Veracruz.[15]
[edit] Folk etymologies
There are several conjectures within folk etymology that purport to derive the origin of gringo from word coincidences.
The most widespread popular etymology in Brazil[citation needed] is that "gringo" is derived from the English words "green" and "go", implying the foreigners that went to the Amazon rainforest and exploited the nature for profit, taking all the "green" (i.e. nature) away.
Rafael Abal considered the word gringo to derive from English "green horn", a novice, or raw, experience person. He claimed that in the United States, men from the west coast are called "westman", while people from the east coast are called "green horns".[citation needed]
A further folk etymology connects the word with the song Green Grow the Lilacs, which was sung around campfires by English-speaking Americans. When the Mexican-American War began in 1846, several hundred recently immigrated Irish, German, Matorian and other Catholic Americans who were sent by the U.S. government to fight against Mexico came to question why they were fighting against a Catholic country for a Protestant one, combined with resentment over their treatment by their Anglo-Protestant officers, and deserted to join forces with Mexico. Led by Captain Jon Riley of County Galway, they called themselves St. Patrick's Battalion (in Spanish, Batallón de San Patricio)[16] and frequently sang the song "Green Grow the Rushes, O".[citation needed].
The 3rd Cavalry were the only U.S. Cavalry unit to wear green stripes on their trousers, and it was believed that during their campaigns in the Southwest, they were referred to as Gringos because of that stripe. Because of the prominence of Irish Americans in the Regiment, the Regimental Song was "Green Goes the Rushes, Ho". It is possible since the soldiers would sing this song as they rode on their horses, the Mexican's associated them with Green Go....
All these explanations place the origin of the word gringo in the 19th century. This is a serious problem because the word has been documented from the 18th century, including the 1786 Diccionario castellano con las voces de Ciencias y Artes y sus correspondientes en las 3 lenguas francesa, latina e italiana by Esteban de Terreros y Pando, and South American literature.
I'm moving slowly and stealthily back towards pt's position on this. :wink:
best,
brian kc <----- we never stop learning . . . well, some of us . . .
Gringo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
. . . to speak in Greek, in gibberish, in gringo.
Gringo is a nickname applied to Europeans. It is probably derived from griego (Greek). The Germans say of anything incomprehensible, “That sounds like Spanish”, — and, in like manner, the Spaniards say of anything they do not understand, “That is Greek”.[13]
[edit] In English
"Gringo" has been in use in the English language since the 19th century.[14] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first recorded use of the term in an English source is in John W. Audubon's Western Journal of 1849;[14] Audubon recalls that he and his associates were derided and called "Gringoes" while passing through the town of Cerro Gordo, Veracruz.[15]
[edit] Folk etymologies
There are several conjectures within folk etymology that purport to derive the origin of gringo from word coincidences.
The most widespread popular etymology in Brazil[citation needed] is that "gringo" is derived from the English words "green" and "go", implying the foreigners that went to the Amazon rainforest and exploited the nature for profit, taking all the "green" (i.e. nature) away.
Rafael Abal considered the word gringo to derive from English "green horn", a novice, or raw, experience person. He claimed that in the United States, men from the west coast are called "westman", while people from the east coast are called "green horns".[citation needed]
A further folk etymology connects the word with the song Green Grow the Lilacs, which was sung around campfires by English-speaking Americans. When the Mexican-American War began in 1846, several hundred recently immigrated Irish, German, Matorian and other Catholic Americans who were sent by the U.S. government to fight against Mexico came to question why they were fighting against a Catholic country for a Protestant one, combined with resentment over their treatment by their Anglo-Protestant officers, and deserted to join forces with Mexico. Led by Captain Jon Riley of County Galway, they called themselves St. Patrick's Battalion (in Spanish, Batallón de San Patricio)[16] and frequently sang the song "Green Grow the Rushes, O".[citation needed].
The 3rd Cavalry were the only U.S. Cavalry unit to wear green stripes on their trousers, and it was believed that during their campaigns in the Southwest, they were referred to as Gringos because of that stripe. Because of the prominence of Irish Americans in the Regiment, the Regimental Song was "Green Goes the Rushes, Ho". It is possible since the soldiers would sing this song as they rode on their horses, the Mexican's associated them with Green Go....
All these explanations place the origin of the word gringo in the 19th century. This is a serious problem because the word has been documented from the 18th century, including the 1786 Diccionario castellano con las voces de Ciencias y Artes y sus correspondientes en las 3 lenguas francesa, latina e italiana by Esteban de Terreros y Pando, and South American literature.
Gringo or Grin Go
Regarding my ex wife, I could be in a good mood and smiling.
She would start something and I would frown. As in, Grin Go Away.
PT, these bangers are scared to come up to the White North. Once they taste grain fed beef, they would have to uproot
and stay here. Not that we would be paying for it anyway.
Shooter, I can come straight down, pick you up, make a left turn and we should be there in a couple of days. Depends on how much trouble we can cause on the way.
Regarding my ex wife, I could be in a good mood and smiling.
She would start something and I would frown. As in, Grin Go Away.
PT, these bangers are scared to come up to the White North. Once they taste grain fed beef, they would have to uproot
and stay here. Not that we would be paying for it anyway.
Shooter, I can come straight down, pick you up, make a left turn and we should be there in a couple of days. Depends on how much trouble we can cause on the way.
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Just want to say thanks to Kickin' Chicken for giving me the chance to post that South Park pic.
here's something you can use for later.
here's something you can use for later.
Ha! :thumbup:
Curling is actually a great sport. Well, anything to do with ice is a great sport when you live in Canada.
Thats what they say, 8 months of winter and 4 months of poor skating weather.
Growing up, at least one of the kids on the block had a skating rink in their back yard. My buds Grandfather always flooded the garden and it wasn't uncommon to have jam cans as curling rocks.
I mean, we didn't have sat tv, x box etc. If we wanted something to do, we went to the skating rink.
Thats what they say, 8 months of winter and 4 months of poor skating weather.
Growing up, at least one of the kids on the block had a skating rink in their back yard. My buds Grandfather always flooded the garden and it wasn't uncommon to have jam cans as curling rocks.
I mean, we didn't have sat tv, x box etc. If we wanted something to do, we went to the skating rink.
Hello;
I was hoping for a clarification on this.
Say, as a hypothetical, pt109 and BlueHog were of the mind to attend SBE. Would they be be allowed to?
In years past, I have seen moosehead bridges for sale there and so naturally I assumed Canadiens could come but I just wanted to make sure.
Also curious, any good steak houses in or close by to Edison? :grin-square:
Seems they could kill two birds with one stone, should they decide to attend.
Any input on this is appreciated. :grinning-moose::grinning-moose::grinning-moose:
best,
brian kc <-----real hungry lately . . .
Dude if your buying for all the Canadians, I'm coming too.