Show TAKE MY MX WORD FOR IT COLBY BD SPANISH WORDS IN OUR SPEECH Spanish has haa contributed many picturesque words to our American language lage mostly through Mexican by way war of the southwestern states tat Some have come In hi from Cuba Haiti Hald and South American coun- coun countries tries A few tew have entered directly from Spain Here are some lome samples Corral t f Spanish for a yard lard a poultry yard or stockyard It also meana a the blank left by indents In II writing the QuIrt evolved from the tho wOrd cuarta a Mexican term for tor a long whip The lead or guide mule of a four four- mule team Is also abo a euarta cuarta fourth part hence the cuarta whip was named for the animal which felt feJt the lash mot most frequently The jerked be beef of former da days beet cut In strips and dried In the sun IUD was so 10 called by corrupting the Spanish word charque p o ka also abo IPe ed means m ana drIed meat For Fore a raincoat the cowboy wears weara en an oblong square of waterproof clots cloth with with a alit m in the middle for lb the bed bead both UI the rider and his saddle from the rata The word floret originally me meant nt cloak or or greatcoat bla blanket et wom worn Uke f I 11 e o of the tha Wen many borrowed terms II a canyon mesa tableland table or ar roxo a usually dip d gully r fo r mesquite Mexican me quite pro pro- pronounced pounced tay chaparral mimosa huts ache a flowering shrub called WEE h by Americana Spanish wee wee-SAH chay sandal or shoe hoe of 01 braided leather pronounced wah wab- RAH RAH dinero money hombre bueno hacienda landed property estate a farm tarm with a line patio courtyard of a 1 house hOUle usually pronounced tp patty ph lb yoe vamoose tram from the Spanish y Refs go 0 mosey mose also a corruption of 01 vamOs vamo brero serape I a blanket like shawl bawD machete usually pronounced SHED SHEr or SHET ee Span Span- lab 1112 teh Rodeo Is fa another word that that bal baa been borrowed and Americanized The word DAY oh means meana cat ot of going roUnd around circuitous wa way subterfuge corral corrll a ro roundup du In III American usage r rodeO Is fa public exhibition of cowboy skill and the pronunciation among and rodeo people la II ROE dee bh in In the I cow country the pronunciation roe rod oh brands brand one one as and andIan Ian an aaa l Whitt t h tbd term l for forthe r h the th th front 01 t a bOok t InI the pi works worn of the author J to 4 1 a j tI aI i ull iu c t B OO 00 rih-I rih tea rib However In I UI the business the common term Ii ad eard I 1 IJ H Ht i 1 d t |