It's great that you are able to have such clarity and compassion.
I truly believe in 'recovery' and change. Some times it takes longer I guess.

It's frightening to think how far things will have to go in her life, to make her understand the origin of at least one part of the present problems. Just like the addiction analogy, the 12 steps groups say that people usually doesn't stop an addiction until they get to the bottom. Glup. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

Amen Brother, Amen....

Hey, T ended his dinner or had to invite dinner to the fire department...

[color:"blue"] Would you mind to read my post ^up^ and answer the question, please? [/color]

Todd,

sorry for not answering your questions more directly, let's see...

I'm Mexican, born in Mexico, ancestors from Mexico and England (sorry Pio) female, 39 years old. Glup.

I studied French some years and I worked for a French institution some years ago, here in Mexico.

My true love is Brazilian Portuguese (linguistic affair?)

I studied Jornalism and Hispanic Literature. I had a scholarship in Creative Writing and I work as a free lance most of the time in things related to literature and culture in Mx.

I have lived or stayed, 3 months in Paris, half a year in Berlin and one year in Rio de Janeiro.

Todd feel free to ask me what ever you want, if I can't answer we can always use Google or the Yellow pages. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

larousse,

I am confused. But then I am at the end of my intellectual rope. Pio can testify.

Don't you just hate the term "hispanic"? It is a creation of the US government.

I'm confused too and I have not the excuse of the microwave shower... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

If I remember correctly the racial clasification took 'scientific' force with a French of course, Augusto Comte and the Positivism and the first le Musée de l'Homme.

Since decades US INI* knows the inacurracy of their clasification but it affects all the 'races' so I don't feel there is a particular meaness, more a general laissiness, lol. It's is easier for them that way. Hispanic is not a term so foreing for us, actually we study Hispanic literature to study all the literature writen in Spanish. I think the ones that really get ofended by it are the Spanish, they, happy to be part of Europe, almost with a recovered economy, hate to be put in the same 'racial' group that latins. Lol.

Genetic has established that racial clasification is not only historically and culturally inacurate but scientifically fraudulent.

larousse,

I am humbled for I know not which you talk about.

Pio, helpo a microwave turntable veteran out.

I am very confused right now.

guys,

I get your posts via email so I only see the original post. Edits are not sent. So if you edit a post, I won't know that unless you tell me to go look at it in the forum and I read through the thread. Just an FYI.

For example, read my post ^up^ made zero sense. I read the thread again and now I understand.

Okay ToddAC,

I have consulted my technical thesaurus and find the following:

free lance: works at will.

Synonyms: consultant, unemployed.

hope that helps.

Huh, you don't even give us the benefit of reading our erudite outpourings on real MB?

Larousse, I'm slapping my head right now. I have the Larousse Dictionary of Classical Mythology.

BTW, I've also read the book about the making of the OED (Oxford English Dictionary for anyone who thinks there is another dictionary). It's a really amazing story isn't it?

Todd,

for us, Latins, Hispanic is not an American invension in the sense that we have used that term 'hispánico' to describe primarly all that has a Spanish origin: like our language, certain arquitecture, laws. Hispanic is not a word that we don't use. It's acurate when used to describe people that speak Spanish, it's not the name of a race and sometimes it's undertood as that because the confused nature of Inmigration office clasification.

Hispanic is a term never used in NZ. The only Spanish speaking people I've ever met have been from South America. I've never met a Mexican or a Puerto Rican in my life. They just don't seem to come down here.

Birdie, do you need help with the slapping? nah, nah, nah, nah.

Great book Kiwi. So human.



Dear Pio, my lack of abilities writing in English and my unmicrowave brain but as equal fried brain, forces me to edit several times, so, I would feel awful guilty to bother you to tell you inform you that I corrected 49 of 50 words I write.

Add to that my modem conection. If I wait until I correct all before to post, I would lost almost all my posts.

Right on the employment description, for a while, like ten years I had office and horaries. Hard to believe but true.

I edit all the time as well.

No, I don't need help with the slapping thank you. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I believe the most accurate term for people from the USA in Latin America is "gringo". In Mexico, this is a derrogatory term. In South America, it is commonly used but it is not considered an insult. Americano does not really work because it could apply to anyone in North, Central and South America. Norte Americano does not work because it applies to Canada, the USA and Mexico.

I also found great prejudice with Espanol in Mexico. Many Mexicans that have Spanish ancestory are extremely proud of it. I even know people sho don't but lie and say they do. The Spanish Mexicans are somehow "better" than the other Mexicans. The Indios or Mestizos get the short end of the stick.

Of course, as we all know, even the "best" Mexican will never be as good as an Argentine...

Talk about arrogant people. Don't get me started.

I had a British friend (sorry Pio). His company is consultant of telecomunications for the NZ Telephone company and absolutely adores NZ.

Oh, so it's not just the French that we don't like?

I do go back and reread the thread but only about twice a day (morning and night). If you really need my attention, make a new post and tell me to go back and read your edit. I get the emails almost instantaneously.

I have no beef with Argentines. On the other hand, ask a typical Mexican how they feel about them.

larousse,

Help me out. I never can remember how it goes.

Argentines: a bunch of Germans who think they are Italians who speak Spanish and live like the French.

Or something like that (and I did NOT make that up)

How does it go?