OFF: Etymology

Paul Mather paul at CSGRAD.CS.VT.EDU
Thu Jun 6 11:51:17 EDT 1996


On Thu, 6 Jun 1996, Jerry wrote:

> [ OFF: You know that "Yankees" is derived from two very common Dutch names,
> "Jan" (a bit like John) and "Kees" (comparable to Charles)? ]

Once, a Mexican friend of mine explained to me how the word "gringo" came
about. :-)

Cheers,

Paul.

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