Hey Mags!!

[Biggus Dickus]

Hey Mags,

This comic probably fits most of us here, but yeah...how am I supposed to be happy if heaven is real?

[Magdalena]

[Tank]

Hey Mags,

This comic probably fits most of us here, but yeah...how am I supposed to be happy if heaven is real?

So true.

[Icarus]

Hey Mags. This morning I was listening to  PBS radio.  The participants  said the the US is composed of 18% Hispanics.  Later they said that there is a difference between Hispanics, Latinos, and Spaniards.  I am trying to sort out that distinction. I did learn that Spaniard is a term used to describe people with a heritage that originated in Spain.   Incidentally the term Spaniard is not to be taken as a derogatory description. 

Can you help me understand the differences between the two other distinctions.  I am given to understand that the two types do not wish to be confused with the other.  I am addressing you because I figure that you will be more knowledgeable about such stuff, the stuff about which gringos are confused.  How do Cubans fit into those categories? 

When I was a kid I was fostered for a while by a family with the name Fernandez. They were most insistent that their heritage was pure Castillian, even though we lived in a neighborhood that was largely of Cuban background.

[Magdalena]

Hey Mags. This morning I was listening to  PBS radio.  The participants said the US is composed of 18% Hispanics.  Later they said that there is a difference between Hispanics, Latinos, and Spaniards.  I am trying to sort out that distinction. I did learn that Spaniard is a term used to describe people with a heritage that originated in Spain.   Incidentally, the term Spaniard is not to be taken as a derogatory description. 

Can you help me understand the differences between the two other distinctions?  I am given to understand that the two types do not wish to be confused with the other.  I am addressing you because I figure that you will be more knowledgeable about such stuff, the stuff about which gringos are confused.  How do Cubans fit into those categories? 

When I was a kid I was fostered for a while by a family with the name Fernandez. They were most insistent that their heritage was pure Castillian, even though we lived in a neighborhood that was large of Cuban background.

OK.

A Spaniard is someone who was born in Spain.

A Latino is someone who was born in the Latin American continent. It's more about geography than language.

Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.

A Hispanic is a term used here in the USA to define a Spanish-speaking person living in the USA. I think this term is used more in the East Coast, where you live.

  I guess they didn't know what to call all of us, so Hispanic was a term coined by the U.S. Government in the 1970 Census to describe anyone who speaks Spanish and lives here in the USA.

If I was a person who was born in El Salvador, living in El Salvador, I would mainly refer to myself as Salvadoreño, Centro Americano,  or Latinoamericano, but never as a Hispanic or Spaniard.

A little bit confusing, isn't it? 


Edit: Added the word: Centro Americano

[Tank]

I  this place. I learn something every day. 

[Magdalena]

I  this place. I learn something every day. 

Me too. 
I learn something every day. Something always makes me smile or laugh-out-loud.

[Ecurb Noselrub]

Hey Mags. This morning I was listening to  PBS radio.  The participants said the US is composed of 18% Hispanics.  Later they said that there is a difference between Hispanics, Latinos, and Spaniards.  I am trying to sort out that distinction. I did learn that Spaniard is a term used to describe people with a heritage that originated in Spain.   Incidentally, the term Spaniard is not to be taken as a derogatory description. 

Can you help me understand the differences between the two other distinctions?  I am given to understand that the two types do not wish to be confused with the other.  I am addressing you because I figure that you will be more knowledgeable about such stuff, the stuff about which gringos are confused.  How do Cubans fit into those categories? 

When I was a kid I was fostered for a while by a family with the name Fernandez. They were most insistent that their heritage was pure Castillian, even though we lived in a neighborhood that was large of Cuban background.

OK.

A Spaniard is someone who was born in Spain.

A Latino is someone who was born in the Latin American continent. It's more about geography than language.

Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.

A Hispanic is a term used here in the USA to define a Spanish-speaking person living in the USA. I think this term is used more in the East Coast, where you live.

  I guess they didn't know what to call all of us, so Hispanic was a term coined by the U.S. Government in the 1970 Census to describe anyone who speaks Spanish and lives here in the USA.

If I was a person who was born in El Salvador, living in El Salvador, I would mainly refer to myself as Salvadoreño, Centro Americano,  or Latinoamericano, but never as a Hispanic or Spaniard.

A little bit confusing, isn't it? 


Edit: Added the word: Centro Americano

What do you call yourself?

[Magdalena]

What do you call yourself?

Even though I live in the USA, I don't refer to myself as Hispanic. If that's the only option they give me to check on a form, I would check Hispanic, but only on paper. I mainly call myself:
Salvadoran, Central American, or Latina.

I have a question for you. What do you think about people born in the USA being called, Anglo-Saxon? I grew up hearing that word a lot, "Los anglosajones." It was a synonym for "gringo."

[Ecurb Noselrub]

What do you call yourself?

Even though I live in the USA, I don't refer to myself as Hispanic. If that's the only option they give me to check on a form, I would check Hispanic, but only on paper. I mainly call myself:
Salvadoran, Central American, or Latina.

I have a question for you. What do you think about people born in the USA being called, Anglo-Saxon? I grew up hearing that word a lot, "Los anglosajones." It was a synonym for "gringo."

Most whites in the USA are not "Anglo-Saxon" - that's basically British - and comes from a Germanic background - but most whites in the US from the British Isles are Scotts or Irish.  I don't mind "white", and I really don't mind "gringo", if I know the person.  As long as you can keep it funny, you can call me anything.  But I prefer "The Dude", because I abide.

[Magdalena]

...But I prefer "The Dude", because I abide.

The dude abiding. 

[Icarus]

Thanks for the explanation and video Mags.

[Magdalena]

Thanks for the explanation and video Mags.

[Biggus Dickus]

Happy New Year Mags!

[Magdalena]

Happy New Year Mags!

Awwwwwwwwwwww!!! My favorite ape is back.   
Happy New Year to you too, Papasito Bruno. 

How have you been?