Dave Axler wrote:
And I'm surprised that none of our conspiracy theorists have wondered
about the origin of Distrito's name -- it translates to "District", and
they're right around the corner from UCD HQ,
back in december 2007 theilladelph thought it would be
called chilango:
"The four-block 40th Street corridor, from Chestnut at the
north and Pine on the south, is a veritable destination
these days. There is the Hub, which will soon have Chilango"
[http://tinyurl.com/22p8ex]
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here's what wikipedia says about 'chilango':
"Chilango is a Mexican slang demonym for a person from or
living in Mexico City or its surrounding areas. It may have
a negative connotation when used by someone from a person
who lives in one of the 31 States of Mexico.
People from Mexico City have come to embrace the term and
use it with pride. This "chilango pride" has also led the
affectionate term "Chilangolandia" in reference to Mexico
City. They also consider that any non-Chilango who uses the
term does it in a derogatory fashion, and although widely
used, may be considered pejorative since its not uncommon of
people not from Mexico City to view Mexico City dwellers as
"different" from them: more competitive, selfish, less
honest and more manipulative. The embracing of this term
also lead to the publication of Chilango, a monthly
humouristic magazine, in November 2003 in which real events
conform the majority of articles but trying to make fun of
the city itself. It included within its pages the Time Out
city guide, but this was retired in early 2007. The magazine
defines Chilango in an article in December 2004:
About Chilango:
First, it was Tenochtitlan. Then, Mexico City. Today, it's
pridely called Chilangolandia, capital city of the IMECA empire.
[...] Chilango etymology refers, overall, to the hot sauces
variety in the central valley and it comes to the ending
ango making fun of the Nahuatl, always so toponymic as in
"Tenango". Chilango does not refer neither to the city's
name -because is the country's too- nor to the
administrative DF, but that imaginative territory one
doesn't know exactly its borders and where every vegetable
becomes, sooner or later, a taquera sauce [...]
The accepted etymology of the word "chilango" is most likely
a derivation of the Nahuatl word Ixachitlān, that actually
refers to the whole of the American continent.
Two widely used terms for a resident of Mexico City are
Defeño (derived from D.F., Distrito Federal and not an
official Spanish word) and Capitalino, which can also be
used both in a positive or a derogatory sense, although the
latter is generally accepted as a neutral demonym.
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