Enough enough enough enough! That's enough work! But enough
enough ENOUGH! Enough what?
Uh... Enough. I'm done.
I grew up with Tin Tan.
Tin Tan was the pachuco.
Tin Tan was excellent. He was a comedian who was very famous during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema
Germán Valdés, Tin Tan, who had a radio program called
"The Ship of Dreams" in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua where he learned
what was called back then the "púrica" (slang) of the barrios, of the pachucos. So, he takes
to the big screen his version of the pachuco a joking, comical pachuco
A pachuco who falls in love. But I would say he is one of the portrayals in which the public got to know the image of the pachuco
Without knowing you, I desired you. Really?
Before meeting you, I dreamed of you. Darling...
You came at the moment I waited for you. There was no surprise whatsover when I found you
And... how shall we divide the money up, darling?
His way of speaking and attire make him unique
With your treachorous love you destroyed all my dreams
He includes the spinning
And so this is one of the images of the pachuco that is displayed prominently before the public
It's an excellent characterization of the pachuco, and he had an extraordinary command of the speech
the language, the slang of the pachuco
It's surprising that a person who uses such a large number of anglicisms and the slang of the pachuco
can win over a large audience in the city of México, especially since the border region has never been understood
That slang was associated with the people living along the border and particularly the pachucos after World War II
Well, for example, "Where are you going?"
Voy a tirar el "roll."
Voy al "mono" con mi "ruca."
El "mono" (monkey) was slang for the movies. The "ruca" was the girlfriend.
Now we would call her la "baby" but the "ruca" was the "morra" (another slang term for girl)
And íbamos a tirar un "roll" meant we were going out
The body language of Tin Tan has a lot to do with it, not only the style and sharp tongue
but the whole persona in terms of his body language and his enormous mouth singing
With regards to Tin Tan, we remember the movements and the dance craze that he created
in the center of the Mexican Republic. He was the one who brought that dance
Those steps that they came out with later in the '50s with Rock 'n' Roll were very similar
I have said that...
He put in place the creation of those steps without knowing that one day
the pachucos would be making history with that Rock 'n' Roll rhythm
Effectively, Tin Tan is a romantic character. Tin Tan never acknowledges the violence behind this figure
contrary to the pachucos and cholos who operated in gangs. Interestingly, the pachucos don't take to Tin Tan
Rather, Tin Tan takes the pachucos and legitimizes them by way of the movie screen.
In the Mexican cinema, he also fits in as a type of interpreter who presents the daily life of Mexicans--not necessarily Mexican-Americans--
But instead like Mexicans who are more assimilated to life in the United States
He is a character who is constantly crossing borders
The pachuchos were persons who got together in their classic cars
Then, the low-riders emerge from the past pachuco
Youngsters from the '60s who got together with older persons
We're all together
This is a '42 Buick
'42
The low-rider is born in Los Angeles
This has to be rebuilt
They put new windows on it.
Also, new windows on the back.
Next year, you're going to find this "asentado" (looking fine)
Next year, you're going to find it "asentado" (looking fine)
The low-rider only wants to be dressed sharp, in his shiny car, "ir a tirar" cruisin' and just be out driving in it
This one only needs a paint job and detailing. It has everything chromed. And upholstery. The engine...
Spanglish is a mixture of English and Spanish that the Latinos who work in the United States use
In that city you can take some pictures or a video of all these reinterpretations of language that people make, writing a word
using the sounds, the way you hear it. "Flattop"? and the people write "flattop."?
Those are the things that we do
And that could be the relationship between the language and those abstractions that are constructed from the meeting of two languages
and two cultures, most of all, and the experiences that we create as border people
Well, we are open to this, and, in a way, this is what we do, recognize and restore these elements
and place them in our visual space because they are a part of our daily lives
It is a mixture of English and Spanish which is "pochismo."
Spanglish could be defined as a new form of speaking in which English and Spanish is constantly being mixed
It is a mixture of cultures that represents unique things that you do not find in any other culture
Words that are mixed with the Mexican
that mixes the Mexican and American
It's like that slang that is created in the border that is part of our visuals, our concept of our musical and graphic landscape
It has a lot to do with that border slang which is a derivation of what initially was the pachuco, then the cholo, and later border slang
and it's a derivation and a way, for example, of communicating amongst ourselves and part of our job deals with phrases
with visual spaces in which the language represents the way that we live
When I cross the border
I am a person who lives in Tijuana who crosses the border every day
It's strange but the languages get mixed-up in my head
After speaking English 10 hours daily and then changing to Spanish, it feels a little strange
We only speak Spanglish with the gringos who we work with But for me, it surges from the spontaneity of the unconscious
We only speak Spanglish with the gringos whom we work with But for me, it surges from the spontaneity of the unconscious
I don't even question it...Spanglish
There are a lot of them, like...
It's like the Spanglish of the street, like, "Hey, fool. What's up? Qué onda?"
And then there is formal Spanglish.
You say three words in Spanish and the rest of the conversation is in English
No, cómo es el "dólar?" How much is in dollars, they ask you. Na, 20 pesos.
How much is the dollar? Because it something "mixtiado"
How much is the dollar? Because it is something "mixtiado"
It's a mixture of cultures, definitely
We used both languages, Spanish and English. I don't speak it fluently but
I was able to get my point across, more or less
A part of the conversation is done in perfect English and then, suddenly,
in a moment, the conversation changes to Spanish and they are talking in perfect Spanish
in one moment, the conversation changes to Spanish and they are talking in perfect Spanish
in a moment, the conversation changes to Spanish and they are talking in perfect Spanish
I could have a conversation with somebody who is talking
totally in English, and Spanish doesn't interfere at all in the conversation, or vice-versa
Maybe it's due to my parents being Mexican
Well, it's wrong. Why? Because we have a heritage, and we should respect it. We shouldn't mix. Without other cultures coming to invade ours .
Well, language is a living entity.
I mean, every now and then, an English word does happen to escape from my mouth
I believe that is something that to a certain extent will be very difficult to control
I believe that what needs to be done, in my personal opinion,
is to maintain one's national, personal and family traditions
but, at the same time, be open to new influences on the condition that one mark the boundaries
For example, we can enjoy some good Chinese food or some good Brazilian or Argentinian food, steak, or what have you
I mean, nobody is afraid of that
Nor should we be afraid of other languages. However, when one becomes confused
Then, that's when we have a problem. It's more than a linguistic problem. It also has a political connotation because the border zone
is where all those things begin to develop first
Or that rules of Spanish grammar are applied
to an English verb, like "watch-ar" "push-ar' "mop-ear" "park-ear"
These are words in English with the infinitive verb ending
Help me to "push-ar" the "car-ucha." Lend me your shades (gafas).
I mean, kind of...
like the way the cholos talk, very laid back (tiradotes) "What's up, dude (ése)?" "Hey, brother (carnal)!"
Let's go visit the girlfriend (hyna).
Let's cross the border to go pick up the car (ranfla), let's knock him out ("knock-earlo"), crazy dude
And that's how it goes
Because every person has their way to communicate, like black people
Even they speak a little bit of Spanish
to communicate, so that they can ask me for a quarter
The exact mix of English and Spanish in one single word
From childhood, one does not fully learn either English or Spanish completely
Even the teachers spoke both English and Spanish
So, "es aquí" (here is) your homework, "vas a traer" (you're going to bring)
"una" newspaper
and those types of things
This is to fill in the background
We have grafitti, for example, everywhere
He takes back the attire. He regains the form and the esthetic, he regains the tatoos.
He also regains the organization of his territory, this control, this fight over the barrios
and he will regain, of course, his language
but reinvented. If before the pachuco would say, "I'll see you (te wacho) later (al rato), a dos bloques (two blocks)
from the market (marqueta). But now the cholo would say, "Que chol wa tora? a dos bloques."
Then, suddenly, one doesn't understand if one doesn't follow how their language is also transforming the meaning of the words
But in this case, we can say that the pachuco and the cholo will be using slang that by a large measure is now a border slang
The blood is red La sangre es roja
by the Colorado River (por el Río Colorado). I don't know what you are saying (No sé lo que está diciendo).
Over there, on the other side, there are a lot of rivers (Allá, del otro lado, hay muchos ríos)
Over there, on the other side, there are a lot of rivers Allá, del otro lado, hay muchos ríos
But they are like their gods who feed on blood Pero son como sus dioses que se alimentan de sangre
Haven't you ever heard about human sacrifice? Nunca has oído hablar de los sacrificios humanos?
of the Mayas, of the Aztecs de los mayas, de los aztecas
The bronze race, man! La raza de bronce, güey!
The Mayas killed people, they killed each other. Los mayas mataron gente, se mataron entre sí.
That's right, dude. Símon, ése.
So, what distinguishes the cholo?
Traits that deal with work
What frightens people is none other than the appearance of labor
The handkerchief or bandana is an important symbol of working in the fields
or a symbol that was used by many pre-Hispanic communities that used them to wipe away perspiration
The netting is from the experience of working
in kitchens and restaurants
The Pendleton shirt is a shirt made of flannel that is a work shirt used in cold regions
The problem is that it turned into a massive phenomenon
and what we discovered is that, one, not all cholos were drug addicts or addicted to drugs
not all cholos were criminals, that they had an average of 6 years of schooling
These traits became very distinctive and very representative that were reinforced within the context of the barrios through many ways
Thus, this effectively generated dynamics of self-destruction in the lives of people in the barrios
The presence of drug-trafficking marked what came to be known as "the crazy life"
"The crazy life" is composed of 4 elements: drugs, jail, death, and violence.
What is has to do with country music (música norteña) is basically
the construction of a dialogue that mainly associates
the frontier ballad with criminal activities
the making of an ethic that deals with acts of illegality
Those f*cken wetbacks, illegals that want to invade the holy land, the land of wonders Esos p*nches mojados, illegales que quieren invadir la tierra santa, la tierra maravillosa
Over there is United States, and God help us, we'll cross the border safely.
The promised land. There they are! La tierra prometida. Allí están!
Stop! Stop! Don't move! Alto! Alto! No se muevan!
You're going to shoot! Vas a disparar!
Grafitti are messages, which they sign, messages from one gang to another
stating which gang members have a higher standing, and what have you
There are still problems
It's legal, but there are certain groups that keep criticizing it, even though it's legal
No, well, they were opposed because...