Comments on: El Gringo Bars

By: Nicker

Nicker — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:43:17 +0000

David,

RE:
“… What is this a new style of motorcross bars?…”

No- it’s actually an old style.
Go look up some old pictures from the 1940′s

-nicker-

By: David

David — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:35:36 +0000

What is this a new style of motorcross bars?

By: BadMonkeyMW

BadMonkeyMW — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:46:31 +0000

Who knew a set of handlebars would spark an historically based political discussion? Provocative!

By: John

John — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:28:03 +0000

To Mister. Your comment is dumb. For example, since the end of World War 2, most non english speaking people around the world know the expression “US Go Home” (because most didn’t want the US to keep a military presence in europe after the end of the war). You don’t need to speak english to use english expressions or a few words in the language of the ennemy..

By: Dave B.

Dave B. — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:51:44 +0000

So what’s in a name anyway… good lookin’ bars. Could just as easily been called:
Whitey
Honkey
Cracker
The Man
Boss
Sir
Infidel
Big Brother
Wasp
Nah, I like “Gringo”, it has a nice ring to it!

By: Boss Hawg

Boss Hawg — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:01:02 +0000

All to funny…wonder what you guys would come up for “wet-back”…lmao

By: Doc Robinson

Doc Robinson — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:28:49 +0000

From “Ask Yahoo”: The Word Detective, offers a more compelling explanation of “gringo” and its origin. The detective says, “The most likely source of ‘gringo’ is the Spanish word ‘gringo’ itself, which means ‘foreigner’ or ‘unintelligible gibberish.’ The root of ‘gringo,’ in turn, is thought to have been ‘griego,’ Spanish for ‘Greek,’ often applied as slang to any foreigner.”

Further research led us to conclude that this last theory is the most likely. The Word Wizard concurs wholeheartedly with the Word Detective, offering “griego” as the immediate root of “gringo.”

Finally, we located a comprehensive article from Honduras This Week that outlines the long history of the term predating the Mexican-Amercian conflict. As far as we’re concerned, it firmly places the far-fetched theories of overheard singing and anti-American sloganeering into the category of “urban myth,” where they surely belong.

By: mister

mister — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:17:40 +0000

Hmmm……… The “gringo green-go” thing? Spanish- speaking Mexicans were yelling at US soldiers in english? Let’s see, “verde” is spanish for green and “vaya’ means go, so…………I don’t think so.

By: Sheridan

Sheridan — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:39:25 +0000

The Nash boys certainly have the Midas touch! Absolutely everything they do has such an understated level of cool which I hope keepa them in this industry for many years to come. Nice work!!