<VV> Re: no such language as "Mexican" No Corvair

[Rt66Vairs at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/23/2005 8:35:57 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
angrycorvair at aol.com writes:

I agree  that Chinese is a good language to learn (but it ain't gonna be 
easy) 
but  there's no such thing as "mexican".  They se habla Espnol in sunny 
Mexico  mi 
amigo!!



Au Contrair.
 
There are many dialects of Spanish.
 
Our local newspaper did a story earlier this week about the differences.  

Mexican is considered it's own language. they feel the schools here  should 
teach it.
 
Example
 
in Spanish a boy is a muchacho
 
In Mexican the word used was totally different. Can't remember it  offhand.
 
They had a bunch of examples and included dialects spoken in Honduras, El  
Salvador, 
Cuba, Mexico and Spain ( really? )
 
So si Virginia...  There is a language called Mexican.
 
Tim Abney
IECC