[lit-ideas] Re: Are they synonymous?
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:09:37 EST
I was attempting to ask what the real life usage of the two terms meant in
different parts of the country. Where I live "Latino" is rarely heard
--"Hispanic" is frequent. Just trying to decipher and understand if there are
real
differences between the words around the country and beyond.
Btw, the thing which made me curious about this was a CNN article referring
to "Latinos". My sister-in-law who is from the DR refers to Hispanics. Just
wondering.
Julie Krueger
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synonymous? Date: 1/27/2007 2:27:58 P.M. Central Standard Time From:
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> Anyone can access an on-line dictionary...
Sorry I bothered. What do you mean by local usage? The usage of the
major newspapers in your city or state? The way guys talk in the back
room of Joe's Garage? School kids? Politicians? Hispanics talking
among themselves? For me, the usage on CNN, in the national newspapers
(NYT, USA Today, WSJ, LA Times, Washington Post) is local usage. It's
the way we talk now. Or don't. I suspect that 'local usage' when not
pejorative, mostly mirrors what people hear in the media and in the
popular culture.
What's it like where you are?
Robert Paul
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