You are correct, Mary.  The reason you didn't found the word is
because the correct spelling is hocico.

And it is not a bad word in itself.  But it is an impolite and even
offensive expression to say to others because it implies that you're
dealing with animals.  

It is as impolite as asking someone before entering your house to
"límpiate las patas", because as we know only animals have "patas" and
humans have "pies".

These kind of expressions are acceptable only jockingly with close
friends or sometimes they reflect a mother's frustration with a
difficult child.

Victor


--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Mary Allen  wrote:
>
> I'm surprised I could not find the word "osico" in my dictionary. 
But as I recall, it is not really bad in itself.  Correct me if I am
wrong, but it means "snout" or the mouth of an animal.  What makes it
"bad" is who says it, to whom, why and how.   When the mother said it,
it just surprised the students because they didn't expect it of

I don't know spanish :o(

so what did she really say?  If it's too bad use the @%#%$%^#@^  symbols, please.

-----Original Message-----
From: ranchos@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ranchos@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Margarita Vallazza
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 7:30 PM
To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [ranchos] Ojos, Dientes, Lengua, Cabeza

When my dad was teaching my mother Spanish, he was teaching her bad words. She was taking citizenship class and the



-----Original Message-----
From: ranchos@...om
[mailto:ranchos@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Margarita
Vallazza
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 7:30 PM
To:
ranchos@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [ranchos] Ojos, Dientes,
Lengua, Cabeza

When my dad was teaching my mother Spanish,
he was teaching her bad words. She was taking citizenship class and the
teacher asked my mother to take care of the class while she stepped out. As
soon as the teacher left, the class was buzzing. My mother, very
authoritatively, told the class to "Callense el osico," thinking she was
telling them to be quiet. She said you could hear a pin drop, and someone told
her what she had really said. Marge:)

On Jan 5, 2006, at 5:35 PM,
Joseph Puentes wrote:

John Gonzalez wrote:

If you would like to see some of the beautiful eyes in
Jalisco, where
people are

When my dad was teaching my mother Spanish, he was teaching her bad words. She was taking citizenship class and the teacher asked my mother to take care of the class while she stepped out. As soon as the teacher left, the class was buzzing. My mother, very authoritatively, told the class to "Callense el osico," thinking she was telling them to be quiet. She said you could hear a pin drop, and someone told her what she had really said. Marge:)





On Jan 5, 2006, at 5:35 PM, Joseph Puentes wrote:

John Gonzalez wrote:

If you would like to see some of the beautiful eyes in Jalisco, where

people are complimented for having "Ojos Tapatios", go to gdlclub.com

go the section titled : Editoriales, Especiales and and move your

pointer down to "Ojos Tapatios," click there and you will see beautiful

"Ojos Tapatios".

Cool. I looked and saw that some of the men were shown (truthfully the women were my choice for the most beautiful). . .so do men have Ojos Tapatios tambien?



well I'm not so

I can also attest to that.  Angie is one outstanding 
genealogist/analyst.  A while back she helped me connect with another 
Ranchos member.  I had looked at her report and missed the connection, 
but lucky for me Angie didn't.

Kudos Angie--I'm glad you're part of this group.

Maria

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Peggy Delgado"  wrote:
>
> You're a peach!!!!  Do you know when you look and look and look and 
somehow
> you just say, "ok, I'll go back and search again, but not now.." 
because
> your eyes are crossing and you're getting frustrated?!??!?!?  I could 
never
> find this after searching for weeks and BAM - like a little angel you 
bring
> me this little piece of my puzzle!  Thanks!
> 
> 
>   Good luck on your search,
>   Angie Godina
> 
> 
>

Welcome back, Arturo.  And happy new year!

Looking forward to read more about your trip in your next messages.

Victor

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Arturo Ramos"  wrote:
>
> I just got back from two and a half weeks in Mexico.
> 
>