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Yes, there is no such thing as a Latino. People from Spanish-speaking countries in the Western Hemisphere are Hispanic. Latino means the person speaks Latin or is Latin...and one can't be Latin. Please stop using the incorrect terminology. Have a nice day. *Awaits rotten taco peltings*

But ladino isn't latin, either.

Yes, there is no such thing as a Latino. People from Spanish-speaking countries in the Western Hemisphere are Hispanic. Latino means the person speaks Latin or is Latin...and one can't be Latin. Please stop using the incorrect terminology. Have a nice day. *Awaits rotten taco peltings*
I'm a latino. My people came from Italy. Italy was once the central part of the Roman empire. My ancestors spoke latin, therefore I'm a latino.

Oh, and I'm not pleased by the descendents of Aztecs and Mayans using the term latino. They can't just declare themselves the descendents of latin speaking people.

I'm sure there is a Catholic Priest somewhere who speaks Latin as his primary language...

I was under the impression latino meant people from latin-america? Oh, and if it annoys you i suggest you get a hobby.

Yes, there is no such thing as a Latino. People from Spanish-speaking countries in the Western Hemisphere are Hispanic. Latino means the person speaks Latin or is Latin...and one can't be Latin. Please stop using the incorrect terminology. Have a nice day. *Awaits rotten taco peltings*

I think it comes from "latin America"...thus they are latin american or for short, latino/latina

how many people have considered viewing Latino porn because they clicked on this thread...c'mon be honest here (also who else is horrified by the choice of dessert on google)

Liasia']I was under the impression latino meant people from latin-america? Oh, and if it annoys you i suggest you get a hobby.
Then you are under the right impression

Then you are under the right impression

Yaaay. Point to me. Surely the name makes sense then. Latin-american =latino.

Liasia']I was under the impression latino meant people from latin-america? Oh, and if it annoys you i suggest you get a hobby.
Why is it called latin America though?

Why is it called latin America though?

It was invented by the Romans. Obviously.

Yes, there is no such thing as a Latino. People from Spanish-speaking countries in the Western Hemisphere are Hispanic. Latino means the person speaks Latin or is Latin..

Incorrect. The term for that is Latin. Latino is something else; it is in common usage, and it is accepted as a term indicating someone of Latin American heritage.

how many people have considered viewing Latino porn because they clicked on this thread...c'mon be honest here (also who else is horrified by the choice of dessert on google)

Well, I was just checking this to see if "There's no such thing as" might refer to 'Safe Sex', which I was singing the moment I read that line.


.............................

SAFE SEX

Written by Jim Steinman.

Performed by Pandora's Box.


No one ever said I was a gullible girl
I don't believe everything that I'm told
I've been around and I know the ropes
And I won't get fooled again

I don't believe in no fairy tales
I don't believe in the man in the moon
And no pot of gold or anything else
Is waiting at the rainbow's end

I got no illusions now, I guess I lost them long ago
You're not gonna get me with this, cause I already know
Baby there's no such thing
Baby it just ain't true
And there's no such thing as safe sex
When it comes to loving you

There's always the danger of losing control
And of breaking my heart and exposing my soul
There's just no protection from that look in your eyes
Or the touch of your hands when I break down and cry
There's always the risk of surrendering more
Than I ever intended to do
And there's no such thing as safe sex
When it comes to loving you

I don't believe in the boogie man
I don't believe in no pie in the sky
You can wish upon a star until the stars are gone
That doesn't mean it's really so

There's no such thing as a Santa Claus
There's no such thing as getting money for nothing
And no yellow brick road is gonna take you there
Wherever you've been trying to go

We'll never be as young as this
No matter how we try, we grow
You're not such an innocent boy
And I already know

Baby there's no such thing
Baby it just ain't true
And there's no such thing as safe sex
When it comes to loving you

There's always the danger of giving too much
Love is often a drug
Love is often a crutch
There's no guarantee I can handle it all
The higher the climb
The longer the fall
There's always the danger of losing control
And of breaking my heart and exposing my soul
There's just no protection from that look in your eyes
Or the touch of your hands when I break down and cry
There's always the risk of surrendering more
Than I ever intended to do
And there's no such thing as safe sex
When it comes to loving you
When it comes to loving you...

Why is it called latin America though?

Why is a hedgehog called a hedgehog?
Why is anything called what it is?
Convience, thats why.

It was invented by the Romans. Obviously.
Ah. Well if they can invent the orgy I guess they can do anything.

clearly, it comes from 'latin heat'. yeowch! sizzle!

how many people have considered viewing Latino porn because they clicked on this thread...c'mon be honest here (also who else is horrified by the choice of dessert on google)


ahh latina pr0n..ill brb :D

There was a Latino named Neutrino,
who had a quite beautiful ass.

Her tacos were great but too many she ate,
and developed a nebular gas.

There was a Latino named Neutrino,
who had a quite beautiful ass.

Her tacos were great but too many she ate,
and developed a nebular gas.


Wow...just ruined the mood for me:p

Wow...just ruined the mood for me:p
LOL! Awww! Poor BABY! :D

how many people have considered viewing Latino porn because they clicked on this thread...c'mon be honest here (also who else is horrified by the choice of dessert on google)

I get your dessert reference, but that doesn't give you an excuse for being dumb.

Yes, there is no such thing as a Latino. People from Spanish-speaking countries in the Western Hemisphere are Hispanic. Latino means the person speaks Latin or is Latin...and one can't be Latin. Please stop using the incorrect terminology. Have a nice day. *Awaits rotten taco peltings*

Blame Napoleon III for that one. Rather then referring to French, Spanish or Portuguese speaking parts of the Americas; he called it Latin America as a reference to Latin Europe(Romance Languages).

Yes, there is no such thing as a Latino. People from Spanish-speaking countries in the Western Hemisphere are Hispanic. Latino means the person speaks Latin or is Latin...and one can't be Latin. Please stop using the incorrect terminology. Have a nice day. *Awaits rotten taco peltings*

There's no excuse for not going to the dictionary before the keyboard.

Yes, there is no such thing as a Latino. People from Spanish-speaking countries in the Western Hemisphere are Hispanic. Latino means the person speaks Latin or is Latin...and one can't be Latin. Please stop using the incorrect terminology. Have a nice day. *Awaits rotten taco peltings*

Utter garbage.

From Oxford English Disctionary

Latino:

A Latin-American inhabitant of the United States. Also attrib. or as adj.

1946 G. PEYTON San Antonio xxi. 232 The first program on the University's list is an exchange of students with Latin America. That in itself would be a fresh intellectual experience for Texas, where Latinos are usually looked on as sinister specimens of an inferior race. 1966 MRS L. B. JOHNSON White House Diary 2 Apr. (1970) 377 Six young girls, all Latinos, had encased themselves in cardboard boxes. 1972 Listener 9 Mar. 310/1 America..is meant to be a great melting-pot... Its racial componentsBlacks, Latinos, Chinese, Japanese, [etc.]. 1973 Black Panther 17 Mar. 5/3 A program was drawn up..by an..action group composed of Blacks, Latinos, and Whites. 1974 Ibid. 19 Jan. 5/1 Mr. Rhodes' home was broken into..by a man who appeared to be of Latino origin.

Latin-American:

A. adj. a. Of or pertaining to Latin America or its peoples.
Until the early 20th cent. Spanish American was the preferred term.

1890 B. HARRISON in Reciprocity Treaties with Latin America 3 Our tariff laws offered an insurmountable barrier to a lerge exchange of products with the Latin American nations. 1892 C. R. MARKHAM (title) Latin-American republics. A history of Peru. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 22 June 11/1 Mexico..the richest district in the richest of the Latin-American countries. 1947 Life 17 Nov. 14/2 The tourist is not yet a creature existing only to be fleeced as he is in some Latin-American countries where tourismo has become big business. 1973 ‘D. JORDAN’ Nile Green xxxi. 145 It's oil sheiks and Latin American generals and Lebanese rentiers who are going to buy your bonds. 1991 N. MAILER Harlot's Ghost VI. xxxiv. 1233 For years and years, American policy has supported the Latin American oligarchies.

B. n. A native or inhabitant of Latin America; a person of Latin American origin or descent.

1912 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 720/2 An Englishman..soon wishes himself well rid of the..Latin-American. 1960 Business Week 3 Dec. 87 ‘Fidelism’, or ‘Fidelismo’, as the Latin Americans call it..is the Castro-style revolution that's followed by a left-wing, Communist-influenced, perhaps Communist-controlled, government. 1973 A. MANN Tiara i. 4 In the Philippines, some crazy Latin American got near enough to Paul VI to attack him with a knife. 1992 Christian Science Monitor 9 Jan. 4/2 Spain refuses to require visas of Latin Americans visiting Spain, and maintains double-nationality accords with some countries.

My sister speaks Latin. Can she be Latina?

My sister speaks Latin. Can she be Latina?

That depends on her breast size.

Blame Napoleon III for that one. Rather then referring to French, Spanish or Portuguese speaking parts of the Americas; he called it Latin America as a reference to Latin Europe(Romance Languages).
Yup. It comes from there. Curiously, outside the United States there are no Latinos. There are Mexicans, Peruvians, Chileans, etc. together called Latinoamericans, Hispanoamericans, or simply Americans, depending on what you're talking about.

Exactly, there is only ONE Latino.
WE ARE LATINO, RESISTANCE IS FUTILE. YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED AND YOUR CAR WILL BE CONVERTED TO A LOW RIDER.

That depends on her breast size.

Quite large. Much larger than mine.

Yes, there is no such thing as a Latino. People from Spanish-speaking countries in the Western Hemisphere are Hispanic. Latino means the person speaks Latin or is Latin...and one can't be Latin. Please stop using the incorrect terminology. Have a nice day. *Awaits rotten taco peltings*

isn't the latino tag supposed to represent the fact that 'latinos' have as their mother tongue a language wholly or mostly derived from latin. it just so happens that the people who would claim this tag tend also to be of spanish, mexican, puerto rican, etc. origin. so now the tag is pretty much entirely used by people with olive skin tone while, for example people of french origin and a lighter skin tone will adopt another tag. in the us anyway.

and to the guy who claimed that only italians can use the latino tag for themselves - this would only hold if your family is from rome, otherwise you have no more claim to is than a spanish, portuguese, mexican, brazilian, puerto rican, etc. person.

and incase anyone wants to say that english is wholly or mostly derived from latin - it's not. it's got significant germanic and brettonic & other 'celtic' elements to it. also hindi elements make up a good portion of english words (mostly nouns i think).

and Hispanic means from Spain or Portugal. What are you gonna do?

Blame Napoleon III for that one. Rather then referring to French, Spanish or Portuguese speaking parts of the Americas; he called it Latin America as a reference to Latin Europe(Romance Languages).

That's right. Go ahead and bring 'facts' into this.

I still prefer my Roman theory.

Yes, there is no such thing as a Latino. People from Spanish-speaking countries in the Western Hemisphere are Hispanic. Latino means the person speaks Latin or is Latin...and one can't be Latin. Please stop using the incorrect terminology. Have a nice day. *Awaits rotten taco peltings*
Forgive me if someone else has made this comment, but believe you have it backwards. Referring to a person of Latin American extraction as Hispanic is incorrect, since hispano refers to people of Spanish--not necessarily Latin-American--descent. In other words, Spanish people are hispanic, as are latin americans who are descended from the Spanish conquistadores and settlers, but not all Latin Americans--from which the term Latino springs--are Hispanic.

While I'm on a tear, Chicanos refers specifically to people of Mexican descent, as I understand it.

Yes, there is no such thing as a Latino. People from Spanish-speaking countries in the Western Hemisphere are Hispanic. Latino means the person speaks Latin or is Latin...and one can't be Latin. Please stop using the incorrect terminology. Have a nice day. *Awaits rotten taco peltings*

There are also no such thing as Yuppies, Baby Boomers or African-Americans.

Or are there? I's entirely possible that any group that agrees on a name for themselves become that group. If that's true, then the actual mening of that name, if any has been trumped by the purpose of the group.

*hands you a yummy taco* :)

Yes, there is no such thing as a Latino. People from Spanish-speaking countries in the Western Hemisphere are Hispanic. Latino means the person speaks Latin or is Latin...and one can't be Latin. Please stop using the incorrect terminology. Have a nice day. *Awaits rotten taco peltings*

And what about those from LATIN America who do not speak Spanish? What are we?

and Hispanic means from Spain or Portugal. What are you gonna do?

No it does not. The term for this is Iberian. Hispanic refers to the Spanish language speaking peoples of thew World, regardless of their geographical location. Not every native of Spain is Hispanic, some are Catalan, some are Basque, and no natives of Portugal are Hispanic.

Yes, there is no such thing as a Latino.

Another urban legend skillfully resolved. :p

Good then. Now how do we deal with Hispanics and Chicanos? (Warning, I have a daughter who is 1/2 Chicano)

Why is it called latin America though?

Because the people there speak Spanish and Portuguese, both decended from Latin, specifically Iberian Vulgar Latin. ;)

My ex was of Colombian decent, and she always called herself Spanish.

Yes, there is no such thing as a Latino. People from Spanish-speaking countries in the Western Hemisphere are Hispanic. Latino means the person speaks Latin or is Latin...and one can't be Latin. Please stop using the incorrect terminology. Have a nice day. *Awaits rotten taco peltings*

You can call me Cuban, you can call me Cuban American, you can call me Hispanic, you can call me Latino, you can call me Spanish, you can call me American.

As in Hispanic Spanish.

As in US American.

and to the guy who claimed that only italians can use the latino tag for themselves - this would only hold if your family is from rome, otherwise you have no more claim to is than a spanish, portuguese, mexican, brazilian, puerto rican, etc. person.

As I am, although I would like to point out that "Latin" doesn't necessarily mean "Roman"- the Romans were originally one of several "Latin" tribes, they just happened to be the most successful.

Yes, there is no such thing as a Latino. People from Spanish-speaking countries in the Western Hemisphere are Hispanic. Latino means the person speaks Latin or is Latin...and one can't be Latin. Please stop using the incorrect terminology. Have a nice day. *Awaits rotten taco peltings*


Uhhhh WAHHH UHHHH

IFFF Yur not anglo saxon 100% U caiont say you R anglish or U spake ENglish.

Grow up.

I have the bad feeling I'm right, but it's my guess that you've never heard of that region of the world called "Latin America."

I meant that the ocmmon usage of the word is incorrect and blasphemes and ruins the name of great language...although I find Greek superior.

I meant that the ocmmon usage of the word is incorrect and blasphemes and ruins the name of great language...although I find Greek superior.

American is a pretty lousy language.

American is a pretty lousy language.

But still better then Brazilian!

Yes, there is no such thing as a Latino. People from Spanish-speaking countries in the Western Hemisphere are Hispanic. Latino means the person speaks Latin or is Latin...and one can't be Latin. Please stop using the incorrect terminology. Have a nice day. *Awaits rotten taco peltings*
According to the modern use of Latin, 'Latino' should apply to speakrs of neo-latin languages. Mainly Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and French (Though 'Latino' is only the spanish and italian word for this). However, I beleive the US/common use of the word is in reference not to their language (not directly), but to their geographical origin 'Latin America'.

Hey, should we start talking whether America is the name of the continent or just the country?
:D

* runs away *