There is a time and place for shenanigans. (edit: THIS is that time and place)

[member 655102]

Also, don't mispronounce tortilla or quesadilla as "tor-till-ah" or "kay-sah-dill-ah".

 

[member 655102]

My sis is still trying to talk our parents into going on vacation with her to a resort down there. Both of them keep telling her “no” ‘cos they’re paranoid about cartels. Which I understand, but also know that most of the crime activity takes place around the borders. Not inland so much, or so I’m told.

 

[tripletfeb]

in reality it's probably closest to "keh sa dee ya". but it's super regional and dependent on the parent language on top of it. Someone speaking Mexican Spanish and someone speaking Honduran Spanish say it slightly differently because of how the inflections change between the parent tongues. English works the same way. "Park the car in Harvard Yard" from someone in the south sounds totally different from someone in Boston.

That is a sentence from hell for me to pronounce

 

[member 655102]

Besides…Only reason we’d have to go to Mexico is for the food, spirits and to bail @bill3607 out of jail.

 

[bill3607]

I'm glad I identified that right.

That is just a cheap button off a sweater from the five and dime

 

[notabitail]

That is just a cheap button off a sweater from the five and dime

You got the five right.

 

[azurbanclucker]

That is just a cheap button off a sweater from the five and dime

29 cents isn't a cheap button.

 

[member 655102]

That is just a cheap button off a sweater from the five and dime

You should have seen how the guys I work with responded.

One of them offered me $5 USD.

ETA: They must really want that coin back.

 

[Coffetym]

I could just pretend that my sis doesn’t live near the border and that I don’t know or work with a bunch of Hispanic people.

They’d laugh too.

I know it’s not quite that bad yet. Almost 30 yrs ago I had the opportunity to drive from McAllen, TX all the way through Mexico & then into Belize down to Punta Gorda. I learned very well about the Peso. Although being born in south TX myself I had some previous knowledge. It’s best I not really explain myself or I will surely be given 50 lashes by the hurt feelings police. I already have a bad reputation.

 

[azurbanclucker]

An attempt was made. I couldn't get close to this one at all, and the majority of the action was going on behind that hill.

C'est la vie