Comments on: Chav/chaval http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/06/13/chavchaval/ anythingarian bubbles and troubles from the land of the fretting nun Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:03:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: kalebeul » Quillo/chav/blah http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/06/13/chavchaval/#comment-58611 kalebeul » Quillo/chav/blah Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:26:45 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/06/13/chavchaval/#comment-58611 [...] This Cádiz lexicon says quillo is used indiscriminately to attract attention, rather like “¡Oye!” in Spanish and its English cognate, “Oi!”, or, alternatively, like the English “Love”. In Barcelona (and presumably in other Spanish cities) quillo is also used derogatively, to express perceived ethnic and class distinction, rather like the British “chav“–see eg here. Quillo comes from chiquillo, ~”lad”, and also appears as illo, and probably not just in Málaga. Trevor on 2006/6/30 @ 17:26 in Splog, Of etymology, Les bourgeois ‹‹ Goodbye Word Cup ‹‹ [...] [...] This Cádiz lexicon says quillo is used indiscriminately to attract attention, rather like “¡Oye!” in Spanish and its English cognate, “Oi!”, or, alternatively, like the English “Love”. In Barcelona (and presumably in other Spanish cities) quillo is also used derogatively, to express perceived ethnic and class distinction, rather like the British “chav“–see eg here. Quillo comes from chiquillo, ~”lad”, and also appears as illo, and probably not just in Málaga. Trevor on 2006/6/30 @ 17:26 in Splog, Of etymology, Les bourgeois ‹‹ Goodbye Word Cup ‹‹ [...]

]]> By: kalebeul » More chavales http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/06/13/chavchaval/#comment-14901 kalebeul » More chavales Tue, 14 Jun 2005 17:49:40 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2005/06/13/chavchaval/#comment-14901 [...] More chavales Re chav, here From a lexicon of flamenco song terms derived from Caló and thieves’ dialect [...] [...] More chavales

Re chav, here From a lexicon of flamenco song terms derived from Caló and thieves’ dialect [...]

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