Ai chihuahua
Somebody over at SDMB posted about the origin of this.boards.straightdope.com/s...did=137151Sounds familiar to me too, but I can't place it. Any ideas?
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I have worked with and have a number of Hispanic friends. I have never heard a one of them use this expression. I suspect it is a product of Hollywood. Somebody decided that the phrase is what a...
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I posted to that thread at SDMB.The term "ai caramba" appears in English from 1838. According to a Mathews cite.No such appearance of "ai Chihuahua" in his 1951 work.Follow the thread over there for...
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heres the whole story. theres a stronger expletive "carajo" (it means hell but has nigh the severity of the f-bomb) and "caramba" is a softer alternative. think 'goshdarnit' instead of 'goddammit' i...
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Report back from a Mexican friend:> 1) ai caramba! no use, but it means like holycow!!> 2) ai chingado! it is use like a surprise, like omy god> 3) ai chihuahua! never use it, but chihuahua...
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No, that's not a mantle by any means! I was specifically TAKING Todd's post (among others), and running it past a native speaker. I wouldn't have known "ai chihuahua" myself, let alone "ai carajo" or...
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AY chihuahua gets far more hits than with AI. In fact, even AYE gets more hits.I suggest SDMB swtich to AY before exerting much more effort in the search!
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Geek.Both of these were proposed in the original post in the thread at SDMB.They could be correct.
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Geesh, what -- is my MANTLE invisible now?!OF COURSE they were proposed! Didn't I just mention that?!?!?!...and comment that Frito Bandito should have been as well.
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> Didn't I just mention that?!?!?!Not really. In the linguistic dimension that the rest of us live in, your question would be read as "why hasn't anyone posited Speedy Gonzalez over at SDMB?" In...
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I think the geekster is getting a raw deal here! Let's simplify:" ........ Frito Bandito. Who is just as likely a source ...... as are Desi Arnaz or Speedy Gonzales. Why hasn't anyone posted him...
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