Re: [ADS-L] Re: Re: Glossary of New Mexican Spanish (1934) (part one)

Sun Mar 23 10:38:30 UTC 2003

Maybe not in New Mexico, but certainly both in Spain and in Mexico, long before 1934.
I find the word also in
http://mexico.udg.mx/arte/folclore/picardia/ : CUATRO OJOS o cuatro lamparas.- Persona que usa anteojos.
Jan Ivarsson

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> In a message dated 3/22/03 10:59:04 AM, jan.ivarsson at TRANSEDIT.ST writes:
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> > It is more likely either a loan from Italian or an independent creation.
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> Were there lots of Italians in New Mexico in 1934? I doubt it.
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