A soccer-related example of rosarigasino in a graffiti.
Rosarigasino (also known as Gasó) is a language game (in the form of a rhymingslang) traditionally associated with the city of Rosario, provinceofSanta Fe, Argentina, even though very few people, if any, currently employ it.[1]
It is similar to the much more common game of jeringonza. The exact origins of this language remain uncertain, but scholars and historians agree that it was created in the early 20th century by local prisoners to communicate with each other without being understood by guards.
Rosarigasino functions by adding two syllables to each word by inserting the sequence -gas- immediately after the stressed vowel and then repeating that vowel, followed by the rest of the word. The term rosarigasino itself is formed in this way, after the local residents' demonym (rosarino). Other examples (with the added sounds in bold):
In the city of Rosario there is a sort of AcademiaorAssociation of Gasó. Besides, in some places it is possible to purchase manuals or learning books. In 2005, a complete rosarigasino version of Cervantes' novel Don Quixote de la Mancha was published, entitled Don Quijogasote de la Magasancha and translated by Bernardo "Chiquito" Reyes.
In 2001 the filmmaker Rodrigo Grande made a film named "Rosarigasinos"[2] using this same term.
^Grande, Rodrigo (2001-06-21), Rosarigasinos (Comedy, Drama), Federico Luppi, Ulises Dumont, María José Demare, Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA), retrieved 2023-11-07
