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Old June 06, 2010, 11:25 AM
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Apparently from Latin "tricari", to be evasive, shuffle, to French equivalent, and so to English.

All those esoteric Bridge terms involve various strategies, often intending
to decieve and lead others to commit errors...or determine one's partner's
strengths and weaknesses.
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Saying 'tricks' in a game of spades isn't that strange, either. I don't know how it is in Canada or anywhere else in the world, but where I'm from in the US (in the South, I don't know what you guys say in other parts), but 'how's tricks' would definitely be weird and I have never said that in my life. The only situation I can think of to use that is if you are on a friendly basis with a hooker and you want to ask her how work is. :-P
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Old June 06, 2010, 12:19 PM
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Right, that definitely is the early 20th century AmE derivation, expanded
to include other shifty con game "gimmicks". Same in Canada, now used
without former connotations, or jokingly.
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Old June 06, 2010, 04:44 PM
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Hi, everybody. Thank you for all the data. I must confess I got a bit lost with all the "bridge" tricks and what not, and I went to find "the Maven's Word of the DAy", which gives a very good summary and possible origin, which matches with what has been said here. The link is http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/inde...?date=20010103 if you are interested. (What I really like about this forum is that I can get the feel of each one of us, for some expression... its understanding, its associations... you name it... So, thank you all for your input.)
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You can use Que hongo!
That's just an idiom.

It not very recommendable to use that word.
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Old June 06, 2010, 05:28 PM
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Gracias, CrOtALiTo. Veo que "¡qué hongo!" se usa para decir "hola" en México. ¿Tiene alguna connotación negativa?
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Old June 07, 2010, 12:48 PM
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@JPablo: No, no tiene ninguna connotación negativa. Es sólo una variante sobre "¿qué onda?"

Aquí también se dice "qué hay" o "quiubo" (que alguna vez fue más bien "qué hubo")
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¿Quiubo?, Angélica. Supongo que los signos de interrogación ni siquiera hacen falta... ¿o sí?
Bueno, gracias por la aclaración. (Me pareció que Crotalito, no consideraba que el "hongo" sea muy recomendable... pero, vale.)
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Old June 07, 2010, 04:05 PM
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@JPablo: Es sólo porque es muy informal. No se recomienda que los estudiantes de español usen palabras demasiado coloquiales, si con las formales tienen para entretenerse. ¿No?
Sobre los signos, pues a veces se usa más bien como exclamación que como pregunta, pero es cuestión de personas. Poner la jerga coloquial por escrito tiene sus bemoles.
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Old June 07, 2010, 04:31 PM
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Gracias, Angélica... entendido... y sí, tiene sus bemoles y sus sostenidos... (Hay que ser un buen músico, o un buen amanuense... )
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