Guacho Guards!
Posted by paulrivas on:
In Argentina, where real gauchos come from, guacho means bad person, traitor, and disloyal. People who have just been screwed over sometimes say, “¡Qué guacho!” to refer to the guy who did it. I lived in Argentina for two years once, and ever since then I’ve been dying to see the UCSB Gauchos misrepresented on national television as the Guachos.
Even before I knew what guacho meant, I loved it as a funny-sounding typo. I worked for the UCSB Gauchos for 10 years, during which time I corrected a few misspellings of Gauchos that would defy belief, but every time I saw Guachos I laughed. (It was the apostrophes that killed me.)
When ESPNU referred to the Gauchos’ dynamic duo of Orlando Johnson and James Nunnally as Guacho Guards on Saturday, I laughed and took this picture. But what if this wasn't a misrepresentation at all? What if ESPNU used Guacho intentionally, in reference to the team’s two best players shooting 7-24 from the field at the time this graphic aired?
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2 Comments
Comment by Monica108 on
May I ask where did you get this definition of a Gaucho? My understanding of a Gaucho is very different than your. For me a Gaucho is an Argentinian Farmer who are very loyal to the earth and their family who wares a special outfit, who has traditional music and dances. So we may need to revise our knowledge. Do you like the challenge. I am up to :) Have a great day!!!
Comment by Monica108 on
We maybe both right. Okay, Not sure if you can read Spanish. Let me know and I will translate it tomorrow. Have a great day: La figura romántica del gaucho, como hombre independiente y rudo, pero leal y sabio fue emblemática para autores como José Hernández que escribió el "Martín Fierro", donde el gaucho toma dimensión de héroe, o para Ricardo Güiraldes, que en "Don Segundo Sombra" narra sus vivencias junto a estos hombres de campo en el pueblo de San Antonio de Areco. Estos relatos, como tantos otros han hecho del gaucho un personaje mítico, que con el tiempo se fue transformando en un arquetipo de los "valores esenciales del ser argentino". Hoy en día el gaucho vive austera pero confortablemente ( se lo ve también andando en 4x4) en contacto con la naturaleza, conservando tanto sus costumbres rurales, sus tradiciones como así también su medio ambiente. look http://www.argentinaxplora.com/activida/legado/gauchogaucho.htm or http://www.elfolkloreargentino.com/gaucho.htm