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Building a House In Mexico

Posted by Ernie Gorrie Nov 1999 As some of you know, Glenna and I bought a building lot just north of Zihuatanejo. We were thinking we wanted to build a little house (600 – 900 sq ft) in a few years. But with the peso appearing to stabilize,inflation projected at 20-30% for the next year, […]

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Mexican Regional accents

jerezano, Oct 5, 2008: Mexican Regional accents? In another thread in response to Oscar2 and “wedos” or “weros” or what have you, Esperanza wrote: Oscar, you are talking about the word güero…pronounced WEHR-oh.<<< Interesting. Here in Zacatecas the majority of the people actually sound the g in güero or güera. GWEH rro, GWEH rrah. Also […]

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An array of books for sale in the tianguis, a traveling Mexican market. © Daniel Wheeler, 2009

Muy padre?

raferguson, Sep 1, 2009 I have been hearing more and more the phrase “muy padre”. I am inclined to translate it as “Way cool”. Any comments on this phrase in terms of meaning or common usage? Richard https://www.fergusonsculpture.com + + + + + + + Papirex Your interpretation is good. I just asked my Mexican […]

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