I'm latino and I've always wondered why?
2007-10-28 16:30:29 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
From Wikipedia (it's spelled **** btw)
While the exact origin of the word isn't known, some Latin Americans in the United States believe that some of the Ethnic groups referred to Hispanic Americans using the word as play on their accented pronunciation of the English word "speak" (as in "No **** English").[3][4][5]
It may also derive from "spig", which was originally used to refer to Italians, in turn from "spiggoty" (sometimes spelled "spiggity", "spigotti", or "spigoty") which may derive from "spaghetti" or "no spika de Ingles".[6] The oldest known use of "spiggoty" is in 1910 by Wilbur Lawton in Boy Aviators in Nicaragua, or, In League with the Insurgents, page 331. Stuart Berg Flexner in I hear America Talking (1976), favored the explanation that it derives from "no spik Ingles" (or "no spika de Ingles").[2]. These theories follow standard naming practices, which include attacking people according to the foods they eat (see Kraut and Frog) and for their failure to speak a language (see Barbarian and Gringo). A popular but false theory is that the word "****" derives from the shortening of the word "Hispanic".[2].
2007-10-28 16:35:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a derogatory term for Puerto Ricans and it comes from whites talking to Puerto Rican immigrants and getting the response "I don't spick English". It's a rather nasty phrase playing on the accent of Puerto Rican's who are saying "speak".
2007-10-28 16:39:23 · answer #2 · answered by cuharrison 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a contraction of Hispanic; shortened to ****. Disparaging word, not generally used by anyone with any decency.
2007-10-28 16:35:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is harder to figure out than one like "whitey", I have not heard of latin people referred to as that except in some old cowboy movie. So maybe it is fading??
2007-10-28 16:52:15 · answer #4 · answered by Augie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. this is the first i've heard it i'm cuban, cherokee, and white and it doesn't really sound that nice. maybe they get it from the end of hispanic. adios!
2007-10-28 16:36:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's slang for Hispanic. It's a derogatory racial term.
2007-10-28 16:34:14 · answer #6 · answered by Angelia 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because they no spica the English (speak)
2007-10-28 17:53:59 · answer #7 · answered by hexa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.bartleby.com/61/53/S0635300.html This will answer your question.All the best.
2007-10-28 16:40:25 · answer #8 · answered by HyperGforce 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
**** = Can't speak english.
Because when they pronounce 'speak' it sounds like '****'
2007-10-30 19:42:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i never heard it. I guess that word it's not common in my area.
2007-10-28 16:40:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋