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Do you guys know any nicknames related to where your kids are from?
Like "Hoosiers" from Indiana, or "Hawkeyes" from Iowa...
People from Guatemala are nicknamed "Chapins".
My daughter was born in Escuintla, GT and the nickname from there is "Escuintleca".
Anyone know the nicknames from other Guatemalan provinces?
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Cool, Alex. I didn't know about Chapins (and I don't know anything else, either!). But glad you posted!
Marjorie
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I don't know but our taxi driver in GC told us that they call themselves Guatemaltecos or Guatemaltecas.
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fyi-not sure if "chapins" is a positive "nickname". It's listed on a list of ethnic/racial slurs in wikipedia.
it may be one of those terms used between folks from guatemala but takes on a diff meaning used by non-guatemalans. sorry, don't know the answer.
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Our fosterparents told us that they called our son a little Chapin and a famous steakhouse in Guatemala City is called Chapins. It is a very, very common nickname.
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My son is from Escuintla too. I NEVER knew about their nickname.....I am so glad to know that!! Thanks for posting!!!!
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I'm not guatemalan, nor am I adopting from Guatemala, but I found an interesting discussion of the term "Chapines." it was apparently a pejorative and has lost some of the neg conotations:
[url]http://www.Guatemaltecos.com/forum/shwmessage.aspx?ForumID=4&MessageID=3735&intTopicPage=3[/url]
I'm still not sure whether it has the same meaning coming from folks not from guatemala. ah well. interesting :) .
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Our tour guide told us that people from Lake Amatitlan are sometimes called "pescado"...which means fish. Not sure if this is really true or if it's complimentary or not, but it was enough for me to buy a small stone fish for our son on our tour to Lake Amatitlan, the place of his birth. He does love to swim, and is himself a fish.
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Brink - thank you for the pescado, our daughter is from Amatitlan too - wish we would have went there on our pick up trip to visit, but time was limited. Can you tell me anything more about Amatitlan? Have you found any books on the area? You can PM me, that would be great.
Kristie
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FH-LisaCA
I'm not guatemalan, nor am I adopting from Guatemala, but I found an interesting discussion of the term "Chapines." it was apparently a pejorative and has lost some of the neg conotations:
[url]http://www.Guatemaltecos.com/forum/shwmessage.aspx?ForumID=4&MessageID=3735&intTopicPage=3[/url]
I'm still not sure whether it has the same meaning coming from folks not from guatemala. ah well. interesting :) .
We buy pastries every Sunday from the "La Chapina" Guatemalan bakery in our neighborhood. My husband asked the owner this morning (in Spanish) about the term and whether or not it is derogatory. The man laughed and said, "If you can't call me a Chapin, I guess I can't call you an American." I don't know what the academic world says about this, but the Guatemalans we know use this term regularly... and you can see that this man named his business "La Chapina", so he must not feel too bad about it!
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