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On 7 Jan 96 at 18:38, in Re: New Marketing pages for hispani, Center for Global Trade Devel wrote: > >>On 7 Jan 96 at 16:05, in Re: New Marketing pages for > >>hispani, Luis Esteban wrote: > > I'm really sorry if Mr. Abbot has some problems with the > > hispanic people. > As I specifically stated, the question is only about word > use (your English) and not about people, nor was it a > criticism. In the US "Hispanic" refers only to US > imigrants from Spanish speaking cultures and not to > spanish speakers in other parts of the world. I asked if > it had different meaning elsewhere. Abby > > Dear Luis and Abby > You both are right. > Luis Esteban is translating his words literally > from Spanish to > English. The world Hispanic is more or less similar to > Anglo ( related to English language and people ) or Arabic > ( related to Arabic language and its speakers in > different countries). > Hispanic is a common word used worldwide by academics for > the studies on Spain, Its culture, Language and of course > encompassing the Americas where the principal language or > lingua franca is Spanish language. > > The US demographers have used Hispanic mainly for > Immigrants whose primary language is Spanish irrespective > of their nationality in origin. > > The word Hispano or Hispanic or Spanish is many times used > with negative connotations just like the words Indian or > Negro. This is simply because of ignorance. > > The definition of Latin America > > In Spain the term commonly used for Spanish speaking > Americas is Hispano-America and lately America Latina. > > Since Brazil, West Indies and Haiti don't have Spanish as > lingua franca the term Latin America was invented - > because Portuguese and French like Spanish are derived > from Latin. > > Coming back to the term Hispano - or Hispanic Americans > Hispanic heritage is the only thing common among all > Hispano Americans and Spaniards of today - otherwise their > local cultures predominate their lives. "Hispanos" of a > given area in Latin America have different sub-cultures > and different patterns of behavior. > > The Spanish Colonialism gave the common language of Spain > to the natives of most part of Americas. > > Although Spanish is not official language of the US but it > is 2nd most wide spread language in the US. As per latest > studies Spanish is the most dominant language learnt by > English speakers in the USA today. > > Hope the above is clear. Prav; Yes, quite clear. Thank you for an intelligent response to my original question. BTW, in demographers' usage "Hispanos" is a special usage for people in the New Mexico area whose Spanish descent is from the original explorers (the Conquistadors). They are totally assimilated and often non-Spanish-speaking with only surnames to connect this group to Spanish origin. Abby