Logan Republican | 1907-02-09 | Page 2 | Origin of Wood "Dago"

H Origin or Word "Dago," B "To Don Diego" was at one tlmo n H way of sujlug to cheat. t oelo speaks B nf u man at looking us If he had been B "Don DlegoM to tho tuno of a tlnui- B smid pounds." and In 1A07 WebHter HBTj wroto that "n Uondego Is u kind of HBb- Spanish Htockllsh, m poor John." It H w'uk really n genoral term for a Span- B laid, Diego hulng St. James, thn na- H tlonui balut or Spain. Hut exactly H how the exprcHblou got Its peculialr H uncouipllinentary Kenan does not ap- H pear. In modem tlmea, ot course, a B "Dao," In the tnoiitha of Bailors uml H others, means nnbody fiom a Medl- H terrai'.ean coumry