Talk:Pocho

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According to RAE, "parquear" is an acceptable word now. So some new examples of "pochismos" should be found. Yesitsnot (talk) 10:38, 1 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Chequear is not a pochismo as it has been accepted by the RAE [[1]]

Amoscare 01:12, 5 October 2008 (PST)

I was surprised to see the tone advisory in light of reading the article itself. While I agree that it's not on a par with with Encyclopedia Britannica, it's above average for Wikipedia standards. I think that to the extent Wikipedia is a much more relevant, and accessible encyclopedic source, the tone and style is fine -- sure it needs some work, but not an advisory. Propose we delete it. Carlos_X 16:03, 5 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

I removed the tone advisory. I agree with you that it's not necessary. The advisory seems a bit redundant. The poster of the advisory is, by his own admission, someone who prowls Wikipedia looking for stuff to tag. I think he got a bit carried away. It's fine for a short introduction to the term "pocho." Damndirtyape 12.24, March 8, 2007

I don't think this should be simply moved to Wiktionary - there is quite a bit more that can be said about this term. --User:Irishabroad 22:55, 17 October 2005 (UTC)Reply

Can anyone verify that 'Spanglish' or 'Pochismos' are used in any other Mexican border cities, aside from Cd. Juarez? Damndirtyape 13:57, 23 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Pochismos are actually used among recent Mexican Immigrants across the United States. --Bfraga 16:41, 27 May 2006 (UTC)Reply

I know they are, but they are also used by many Mexicans on the Mexican side of the border as far as I know. I lived in Cd. Juarez for a while and noticed quite a few people using pochismos. Troca is very common, for example.Damndirtyape 00:50, 17 June 2006 (GMT)

Enough people have repatriated to interior Mexico from the USA that a lot of these words are fairly well known, at least in my experience. Tubezone 09:04, 17 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

'Pocho' and 'Chicano' often have the same insulting conotation, especially in Spanish as used by Mexicans. I have never heard anyone speaking Spanish use the word 'Chicano' in a positive sense and only rarely in English. dmcmanam 21:00, 30 June 2006 (GMT)

Maybe so in Mexico, but in the US, the Chicano movement from the 1960's has been very proud of the moniker and its connotations. Having said that, when I lived in Cd. Juarez, I never encountered a pejorative use of the word 'Chicano.' If a person wanted to be insulting about Mexican-Americans, the term 'Pocho' was generally used. 'Chicano' seems to me to be a much more politically-charged term, but that's just my opinion. Damndirtyape 3.30pm, 15 August 2006 (GMT)

A less known term for Americanized Mexicans is Coyote, named from the local species of canines (coyotes, being an indigenous Nahuatl (Aztec) term for "wild dog". The coyote is a symbol of a deep spiritual connection of indigenous pride in the southwest US among many Chicanos and Mexican-Americans, as well with American Indians and those of mixed-blood (or mestizo) descent who felt a stronger sociocultural identification with American Indians. Also the term points out the coyote have "light tan" skins alike many Mexicans and American Indians, or offspring a result of a mixed-race affair with white Europeans/American Indians. + 71.102.7.77 (talk) 22:17, 28 October 2009 (UTC)Reply

I took out the see also section that had pochas because it usually see also terms are related to the page. In this case it was just a word that sounded similar. Maybe it could go at the top in a disambiguation type comment. GrainyMagazine (talk) 23:01, 21 December 2011 (UTC)Reply

so someone who leaves mexico, or is a chicano, has poor spanish speaking skills? tell that to the millions of americans of mexican ancestry, who were born in mexico, and who speak spanish fluently. this article needs much better refs, and needs to make sense.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 01:50, 19 September 2016 (UTC)Reply

I plan on overhauling this article using the following references: El bandolero, el pocho y la raza: imágenes cinematográficas del chicano by David Maciel, A Luis Leal Reader by Ilan Stavanger, editor, and Encyclopedia of Cultural Traditions by Maria Herrera-Sobek, editor. All can be referenced on Google Books. This is just a starter list. Suggestions are welcomed. MiztuhX (talk) 20:09, 4 June 2017 (UTC)Reply

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