# Black hair=hispanic apparently

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hair-hispanic-apparently/615725>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 14, 2012, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hair-hispanic-apparently/615725 "2012-03-14T07:36:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hair-hispanic-apparently/615725/104 "2012-08-17T17:55:03Z")

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In my mind it was i or e. I chose wrong. I would like to blame it on a subconscious affinity to Fawlty Towers, but I just got it wrong. :smack:

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hair-hispanic-apparently/615725/105 "2012-08-17T20:15:05Z")

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> [@Acsenray](#):
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> Why 50-50? There are several spellings that are correct in one language or another. In English, you can correctly spell it as “Basle.”

But if Enuma Elish knew that the correct spelling was either Basel or Basil, then it was down to a 50/50 choice.

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**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hair-hispanic-apparently/615725/106 "2012-08-17T20:38:24Z")

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> [@Greg\_Charles](#):
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> I wore a Panama hat into Tijuana, and people were trying to speak Spanish to me. That was kind of nice actually, until I tried to answer in Spanish. Even if my answer, was just, “¡No!”, they instantly got my accent, and switched to English. Really? From one single word?..

I encountered a similar situation in Puerto Rico. Many Puerto Ricans would respond to my American English accented Spanish and immediately switch over to English.

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hair-hispanic-apparently/615725/107 "2012-08-17T21:13:35Z")

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> [@brujaja](#):
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> Okra is the fabled Food Of The Gods!

Sure, those evil Greek and Roman bastards who would smite you just as soon as look at you.

“Oh, look” _smite_ “Nom nom nom, this okra sure is tasty.” _smite_

> [@brujaja](#):
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> Then, I made a stew with chicken and eggplant over basmati rice. I had a little extra, so I was going to bring some to a hungry bachelor friend, but he didn’t answer the phone, _…_

He probably found out you were trying to bring him eggplant. 😃

> [@pulykamell](#):
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> Actually, overripe banana is probably a good description of the texture of okra. I think it’s at least worth trying fried, and possibly in gumbo, where the slimy nature of it dissolves into the stew and becomes one with it, more or less.

But then you’re still left with the fuzzy green part and the round white orbs.

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