Originally Posted by
BillyD
I always remember the time I was talking with a Puerto Rican friend of mine , and I kept referring to "Hispanics" . . . she had to correct me and tell me the proper term was "Latino". I apologized profusely but then I added, "Well nobody told ME"!
Neither term makes sense to me. I saw a show recently where a person was asked her ethnicity and she replied "Latin". I assume she was trying to anglesize the term.
btw isn't it Latino for males and Latina for females?