Niles W. Drage, Spanish Fork, Utah: an interview by Benjamin Bahlmann, February 15, 2002: Saving the Legacy tape nos. 495-497

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NILE W.DRA 15 BR R 2002 NWD: Riez talks the panish that they talk down in M xic ity, and th th r fi 11 w talks Spanish that they talk down round San Diego.' And I aid 'H win th w rld did you ever learn it?" He said "My dad was Castilian panish my mother wa M xican. ' I said, "Was the difference between Mexican and Spanish?" And he said 'Half Indian and half Spanish." And I said, "Well where did you learn Esquibar?" And he said, "I worked down in San Diego for a while, that's border Spanish, nd it's got a lot of slang in it.' BJB: Different dialects. WIF: Maybe our interviewer here could tell you where Hispanic, where did Hispanic come up from? Do you know? BJB: Pardon? WIF: Hispanic. It was always Mexican and American and all. Where did Hispanic come from? Do you know? BJB: I don't know where the "his" comes from but obviously coming out of Spain. NWD: I asked a Mexican kid down here in the third ward one day. I said, "I see where black comes from, the N egros, but I said, I can't see where Hispanic comes from the Mexicans." I said, "Can you tell me?" I said, "I'm just curious." He thought a few minutes and he said, "Well danged if I know." He said, "I don't know." He said, "I can see the same things you can, but," he said, "I can't." He said, "I'm just Mexican myself." He said, "I don't know where they get this 'Hispanic' from." BJB: Let's see, what. .. NWD: Where did you say you were on a mission? BJB: Portugal. NWD: Portugal. 87