Macadamizing (1824); Marihuana/Mary Anna (1916) and more

[James A. Landau]

In a message dated 09/22/2001 8:01:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Bapopik at AOL.COM writes:

> "Extranjeros" (for "gringo") is on pages 242 and 294.

"Extranjero" is simply the Spanish word for "foreigner".

"Gringo" is a swear-word in New World Spanish, very much like the "N-word" in
US English or "Kaffir" in South Africa.

       - Jim Landau