[Marxism] Re: {Chris} Che

[Nestor Gorojovsky]

I know that I have lost this battle before I engage. But some things 
_must_ be done.

"Che" is no name, nor nickname. Not like John, or Andy, or Meg.

A "che" is, in Caribbean familiar parlance, someone from Argentina or 
Uruguay.

In the groupp of Cuban revolutionaries of the mid fifties, Ernesto 
Guevara Lynch was known as "el che", which means "the Argentinean".

Spanish speakers always talk about him as "el Che", not as a way to 
turn English speakers mad at our articles, but as a _correct_ way to 
call him.  In the same way, we never say "el Fidel" but "Fidel". 

I would love it if at least Marxist Activists and Scholars linked by 
this list began to call Ernesto Guevara Lynch either "Guevara" or "el 
Che".  But never "el Guevara" or "Che".

Sigh.

Néstor Miguel Gorojovsky
nestorgoro at fibertel.com.ar

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"Sí, una sola debe ser la patria de los sudamericanos".
Simón Bolívar al gobierno secesionista y disgregador de 
Buenos Aires, 1822
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