does latin america and latinos have anything to do with the latin language? because latin americans dont seem to speak anything that sounds remotely like latin.... j/w

11/21/2005 8:00:00 PM

We had to christianize them.

And "Latin American" sounds a lot better than "dirty ass pagan American."

[Edited on November 21, 2005 at 8:01 PM. Reason : .]

11/21/2005 8:01:11 PM

Spain and Portugal were in control of the area, and they had to differentiate themselves from the English and French regions in the North.

Spanish and Portuguese were thought to be more Latin-derived than French and English, so the South became Latin-America, the North became Anglo-America.

11/21/2005 8:12:31 PM

not to mention, Ferdinand was the "Catholic Monarch of Europe"

11/21/2005 9:32:44 PM

Quote :

"Spanish and Portuguese were thought to be more Latin-derived than French and English, so the South became Latin-America, the North became Anglo-America."

Latin America got it's name from the "Latin" languages primarily spoken, Spanish and Portuguese. Latino refers to people from these areas for obvious reason of the "Latin American" nomenclature. Both Spanish and Portuguese are considered "Latin" languages because they are actually derived from the original Latin language.

11/22/2005 12:53:01 PM

Latin is one of those words that looks and sounds funny the more you read it and say it.

11/22/2005 1:16:24 PM

^^yup, to add to that there are 5 main romance languages, (languages derived from Latin)
Spanish, followed by Portuguese, French, Italian, Romanian (the one I usually forget)

^you can do that with pretty much any word if you say it enough

[Edited on November 22, 2005 at 1:18 PM. Reason : .]

11/22/2005 1:18:07 PM

It happened remarkably quick with Latin.

11/22/2005 1:44:44 PM

^ Yet never seems to happen with "a" "the" "or" etc.
[/my nonsense]

On a side note, this was LadyWolff not kylekatern.

Stupid auto-login.

[Edited on November 22, 2005 at 2:32 PM. Reason : .]

11/22/2005 2:32:10 PM

i speak

two romatic languages
one germanic language
one semetic language

[Edited on November 22, 2005 at 2:34 PM. Reason : .]

11/22/2005 2:34:13 PM

you win teh priz

11/22/2005 5:31:36 PM

do you speak an anti-semetic one too?

11/22/2005 5:50:05 PM

they're called latinos because these days it's considered racist to call a mexican a mexican, just like calling a honkey a honkey or a nigger a nigger.

11/22/2005 9:37:18 PM

calling a mexican a mexican is not an insult

calling a mexican a chicano is an insult


daaamnn i am good in spanish, maybe i should learn it

that way i have 3 romance languages

11/22/2005 11:49:31 PM

Quote :

"calling a mexican a chicano is an insult"

Depends on the Mexican. Some like the term, some don't.

Calling a Mexican a greaser, however, is an insult...

11/22/2005 11:55:49 PM