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JakeJakeJake · Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 135

good stuff. thought this would be the case. I'll just get one knocked up if I need one.
I'm glad that no one wears shorts in DF! Betty Swollocks usually insists on them but my legs aren't charmers!

Linda T. · Joined: 02 Dec 2007 Posts: 49 Location: California

WOW . . . so much useful info here . . . I'd just like to ask a few more questions:

1. What are "runners?" Are they what we in the states call "nylons?" (nylon stockings?). If so, is it safe to NOT bring any? (I hope, I hope . . . )

2. Also, please correct me if I'm wrong, but sounds like us gals are OK teaching-wise with just blouses and slacks and maybe 1 blazer/jacket?

3. Any reason to bring skirts?

3. If we do bring skirts, would we get the most use out of long casual ones?

MO39 · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 10:19 pm Post subject:

[quote="Linda T."]WOW . . . so much useful info here . . . I'd just like to ask a few more questions:

1. What are "runners?" Are they what we in the states call "nylons?" (nylon stockings?). If so, is it safe to NOT bring any? (I hope, I hope . . . ) /quote]

I think that "runners" may be Brit-speak for what I call "sneakers".

hlamb · Joined: 09 Dec 2003 Posts: 431 Location: Canada

MikeySaid · Joined: 10 Nov 2004 Posts: 509 Location: Torreon, Mexico

The biggest no-no in Mexico I've noticed is SANDALS.

Fresas seem to equate sandals with poverty... mmmmm :(

Oreen Scott · Joined: 11 Jan 2008 Posts: 179 Location: Oaxaca, Mexico

Fresas means strawberries. Since strawberris can't equate to anything you must be using some sort of slang - which I do not know.

So, how is fresas translated into English the way it is used in your sentence.

And I 'm aware of the sandal concept and sandalias are pretty much the only sort of zapatos I own right now, apart from winter boots. So I suppose I'll be consider poor.

TheLongWayHome · Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 1016 Location: San Luis Piojosi

guatetaliana · Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 2:02 pm Post subject:

Fresas = Rich young people who often enjoy flaunting their wealth and generally struggle to understand people who come from different or less privileged backgrounds. They tend to be heavily represented in English classes.

Re: Sandals - I suppose it depends on where you are and what's your fashion persuasion. Example, here in Monterrey, if you are female, Gladiator sandals, and any kinds of wedge-heeled sandals are very fashionable when accompanied by equally fashionable outfits. For guys, though, it's true, you usually don't wear sandals unless you're trying to look particularly American (actually common among a lot of the fresas).

MELEE · Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 2:07 pm Post subject:

Everyone in Oaxaca (men and women) wears sandals occasionally--many people only wear sandals, I only wear closed shoes mid-November to mid-February, all the rest of the time my feet are free!

dixie · Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 644 Location: D.F

I wear sandals all the time too. And they�re flip flops at that. Never heard anyone comment on it. Lots of people here wear them, regardless of class.

Samantha · Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 2038 Location: Mexican Riviera

Sandals are not a no-no at all, especially for women. They are the dress code for women where I live. You know you have become Mexicana when you wear high heeled sandals to the grocery store! I learned to spend the work-day in high heeled sandals since one of the schools where I taught had a "no flat shoes" policy for women. Nylons are not worn in the climate where I am either, though uniform suits are worn in banks, etc. They work in air-conditioning all day.

Check out the many varieties of sandals being offered on Mercado Libre in Mexico. It's a sandal shopper's paradise!

http://listado.mercadolibre.com.mx/sandalias

MikeySaid · Joined: 10 Nov 2004 Posts: 509 Location: Torreon, Mexico

Oops, I had originally written that down about sandals with a comment about fashion being more restrictive for men than for women... but then I thought, "how silly, of course it is, they have dresses and pants and skirts and those gaucho short pants things" so I backtracked and just put the part about Sandals.

Let me qualify my remark...

In Northern Mexico, I don't think I would wear (flip flop) sandals to work--something even men get away with regularly in California. I did rock the huaraches occasionally, though.

TheLongWayHome · Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 1016 Location: San Luis Piojosi

I've always found that schools are far more lenient on the female dress code than on the male one.

MO39 · Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject:

hlamb · Joined: 09 Dec 2003 Posts: 431 Location: Canada

Speaking of high heels, I can't get over some of the sandals that the women here wear. I've seen women in high heel flip flops climbing pyramids with babies in their arms! It doesn't seem too secure or comfortable to me, but then I've never liked high heel s much.

I wear dressy flat sandals for work. My school is pretty casual so we can wear what we want for the most part. Most of us respect that and dress appropriately but occassionally a female teacher wears VERY lowcut shirts. Ladies, please don't do this. It won't help your students learn.