[rcne]

Thats a good point Lou, its always celebrating 'my culture' except when the other guys do it.

As far as gringo is concerned, I don't really care, its just a (to me at least) jerking of the chain.
I assume a nationalistic attitude is coming to the surface, such as grouping an entire nation under one label

I'd be more offended if he called me a Yankee. Though I know some Brits that just call us Yanks, that's fine also.

I prefer the Cherokee term - 'The Civilized People" if you want to put a label on me.