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MO39
Joined: 28 Jan 2004
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Location: El ombligo de la Rep�blica Mexicana
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| Guy Courchesne wrote: |
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| Guy Courchesne wrote: |
| ...you start to enjoy the tunes Mexico City Zocalo organ grinders bang out. |
I like those tunes and the organ grinders too. I usually give them a few pesos just to keep this remnant of Mexico City's past alive. |
So YOU'RE responsible! I've never seen anyone give them anything more than a scowl. Stop, I implore you! |
So, if you could choose, what kind of live Mexican music would you prefer to hear on the street? |
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Guy Courchesne
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
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Location: Mexico City
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It would be Tigres del Norte, every day and all day my friend!
At least they play instruments. Organ grinders excel at turning a crank. If they AT LEAST had a little monkey in a hat begging for change, then I'd be entertained.
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mapache
Joined: 12 Oct 2006
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Location: Villahermosa
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| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:59 am Post subject: |
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| you return to your native land and freak out when you see Black people.... |
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MikeySaid
Joined: 10 Nov 2004
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Location: Torreon, Mexico
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:32 am Post subject: |
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You can't eat pizza without salsa. |
Everyone I know puts Worcestershire sauce on pizza in Mexico. Yuck. |
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EverReady
Joined: 19 May 2005
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Location: Nobody Cares
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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Everyone I know puts Worcestershire sauce on pizza in Mexico. Yum!!! |
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hlamb
Joined: 09 Dec 2003
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Location: Canada
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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| You return to your home country and can't understand why there are no subtitles when you turn on the tv. |
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MO39
Joined: 28 Jan 2004
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Location: El ombligo de la Rep�blica Mexicana
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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| ... you return for a visit to the family and begin to speak Spanish to your bewildered mother (who doesn't speak a word of the language!). |
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MELEE
Joined: 22 Jan 2003
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Location: The Mexican Hinterland
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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| I've done that--except it was my mother who was visiting me. |
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TheLongWayHome
Joined: 07 Jun 2006
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Location: San Luis Piojosi
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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| ...you make coffee by boiling the water in the microwave. |
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thelmadatter
Joined: 31 Mar 2003
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Location: in el Distrito Federal x fin!
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mapache wrote
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you return to your native land and freak out when you see Black people....
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Phew! I thought I was the only one who did that!
.... you forget what really good Chinese food tastes like!
.... you start understanding what "ahorita" and "ma�ana" REALLY mean! |
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MO39
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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.... you forget what really good Chinese food tastes like!
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I guess I haven't been here long enough for that to happen. That's why I tend to avoid eating at Chinese restaurants. I wonder if the expensive ones are any better than the ones I can afford, which seem to feature a buffet of my least favorite Chinese dishes. |
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Guy Courchesne
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
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Location: Mexico City
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...snow underfoot becomes spellbinding at trips back home.
..on the same trip back home, you throw paper into the wastebin in the bathroom. |
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TheLongWayHome
Joined: 07 Jun 2006
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Location: San Luis Piojosi
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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| ...you start saying things like: 'My sister she works in a bank' or 'Let's go to the cinema for example'. |
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hlamb
Joined: 09 Dec 2003
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Location: Canada
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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| You've definitely been teaching for too long when you start correcting grammar for your friends or family. I really try not to do it, but I've now become accustomed to listening for errors and correcting them constantly. Bad habit, I know! |
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Mrs L
Joined: 20 Mar 2008
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Location: Rainy England
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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| MO39 wrote: |
| ... you return for a visit to the family and begin to speak Spanish to your bewildered mother (who doesn't speak a word of the language!). |
I've done it too. Oops.
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| ..on the same trip back home, you throw paper into the wastebin in the bathroom |
And that too 
...you get in a car and think it's ok to not bother with the seatbelt because you're only driving round the city not out on the highway. |
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