Tag: Chinos

A friend justified the phrase “Paki Shop” with the “if they can’t hear it, it can’t hurt them” argument. Explanations why that just doesn’t cut it have been trotted out for decades but I wanted to write a piece to get things clear enough in my own head to sa...

Well, if you don’t live in, or near, a major city in Spain, you probably weren’t aware that a corner store — or “alimentación” in Spanish — is commonly referred to as el chino (Spanish for “the Chinese”). We’re all familiar with ...