Cholo Word Of The Day
I decided to go with a Cholo word of the day instead of the "Spanglish" word of the day.
I'll do a couple:
Canton: house
c/s: con safos - and what, or untouchable
Pinta: la pinta
For instance:
Rumaldo says "oye chief, a donde vas?" Jaramillo replies, "pues voy al canton a ver a la jefa."
Rumaldo wants to know where Jaramillo is going. Jaramillo says he's going to the house to see him mom.
Tirburcio says, "De donde vienes." El Borrego answers, "vengo de la pinta. Es que me dieron muchos tickets, y no los pude pagar."
Tirburcio asks where El Borrego is coming from. El Borrego says he's coming from jail because he didn't have enough cash to pay his tickets.
Daily Texican
c/s
posted by Daily Texican at 12:46 PM
7 Comments:
have you ever read Drink Cultura by Jose Antonio Burciaga? I think you would like it. He ends all his stories with C/S.
3:32 PM
yup. read it.
3:38 PM
Carnales, I met Jose Antonio "Tony" Burciaga. He had a reading and book signing at CSU San Marcos back in '95. What a firme vato. He was down to earth and sincere. And of course a great writer of the Chicano experience. Amistad,
c/s
10:15 PM
Yo lei DRINK CULTURA aqui en Barcelona, Spain, la ciudad en la que vivo.
en esa estupenda coleccion de articulos acerca de la cuestion chicana, me entere del significado de C/S.
recomiendo la lectura de ese libro a todos los amigos de The Daily Texican.
12:24 PM
Just found your blog and so far I'm enjoying reading it. Good stuff. Bill Moran San Diego, TX
http://texas-chef.blogspot.com/
1:45 PM
It's a nice blog and thanks share with us... washateria
11:10 PM
I realize this is an old blog, but the slang brought back so many memories of being stationed at Fort Bliss in El Paso.
The local vatos hated the guys from Califas. We took all their hinas ese.
Actually, I think they liked us because we were more laid back.
Either way, it was a fun time. 1981 and las rolas were jamming. Low Rider shows y todo.
I came home from the Army and of course abuelita is asking me why am I talking like this. LOL.
Anyway, thanks for the trip back in time.
6:23 PM
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