David K
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PUERTECITOS vs. PUERTOCITOS
BAJA SPELL CHECKER, where are you?
(from an earlier post on Nomad)
In his/her absence I offer a list of frequently mis-spelled place names (with a common mis-spelled version). Please add to this list with your
discoveries, all in good fun!
TIJUANA (Tiajuana)
LA RUMOROSA (La Rumarosa, Rumerosa)
MEXICALI (Mexacali, Mexicalli)
LOS ALGODONES (Los Agondones, etc.)
ROSARITO (Rosarita)
ENSENADA (Ensinada)
SANTO TOMAS (Santo Thomas)
SAN VICENTE (San Vincente)
COLONET (Colnett, Colonett)
SAN FELIPE (San Felipi, Fellipi, etc.)
SAN QUINTIN (San Quentin)
PUERTECITOS (Puertocitos)
ALFONSINA'S (Alphonsina's)
SANTA ROSALILLITA (Santa Rosaliita, etc.)
SAN FRANCISQUITO (San Franciscito, etc.)
GUERRERO NEGRO (Guerro Negro)
MULEGE (Muleje)
LORETO (Loretto)
LOS BARRILES (Los Barilles)
LA RIBERA (La Rivera)
Add your favorite! 
[Edited on 12-9-2005 by David K]
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mcgyver
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David, It is Los Agodones not just Agodones, OSO and I have had this arguement for years! Check out the official big new huge yellow highway markers
heading east from Mexicalli and north from San Felipe.
Even the new delgados office at KM 34 misspeled Puertecitos on their new sign, by the time I got there with my camera it was changed.
[Edited on 12-8-2005 by mcgyver]
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Bajaboy
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it's Border...not boarder
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David K
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Thats a good one Zac (border)!
Max... send in the photo of that/those signs!!! That would be funny... I saw the sign north of San Felipe and the one I saw was correct.
Look in your Baja Almanac... the town is Algodones (which is cotton or cotton plants/ fields, perhaps)
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Teacher: "Johnny, why are you late for school?"
Johnny: "Because I had to fix my own damn breakfast."
Teacher: " I will not tolerate profanity in my classroom, one hour detention."
Later- Teacher: "Johnny, can you tell us where is the Canadian border?
Johnny: " In bed with my mom, that's why I had to fix my own damn breakfast."
I'm sorry Max, but you are SO wrong. There is no such word or name as "Agodones". Algodones means "cotton fields" and that is the name of the town.
If there are signs saying "Agodones", they are misspelled.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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beercan
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Bear, the name is Los Algodones
Don't get on Max too much, his spelling is worse than mine !!
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Kinda 'corny', but...
...I've seen it several times on RV boards, and such:
BAJA (Baha)
I call this the BASIC Baja 'Blunder' !
According to my clock...anytime is \'BAJA TIME\' & as Jimmy Buffett says,
\"It doesn\'t use numbers or moving hands It always just says now...\"
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David K
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Yes, Baha for Baja... Some Nomads have it that way even! Perhaps it is they way they hear it!??
Any other place in the English speaking world would say Bah- jaw for Baja!
In Australia, a neighbor taked about a place he had a photo of showing a California waterfall... He called it 'Yose (silent e) Mite (silent e)' and I
had to explain it was Yosemite (yo-sem-it-ee)!!
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David K
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That's the way Ray Cannon spelled it, and before his book all you heard was 'Gulf of California'.
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I never claimed I could spell! As I said: " When I got back with my camera it was repainted" You can see it on the San Felipe"Net"webpage.
The Mexican highway deparment has long had the highway signs wiith " Los Algodones" now they are bright yellow, I will try to remember to take a
picture but not only I can not spell I can not remember that I can not spell or take a picture, besides that I have dyeilexia (SP). Add that to Heart
Failure , Arthritis, COPD, 75% hearing loss, Eyrethedemia (skin cancer), going blind, rum soaked liver and poor judgement , bankrupt and I am doing as
well as possible!
And you also have to consider that the sun comes in my window over that big lake that we can not agree on its name every morning so I am " Baja Sun
Struck too"
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Thats a good one Zac (border)!
Max... send in the photo of that/those signs!!! That would be funny... I saw the sign north of San Felipe and the one I saw was correct.
Look in your Baja Almanac... the town is Algodones (which is cotton or cotton plants/ fields, perhaps) |
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Oso
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Google.com.mx has many references to Mar de Cortez and Mar de Cort?s. Most of the former are related to hotels and English boards and most of the
latter are geographical sites.
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Oso
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
In Australia, a neighbor taked about a place he had a photo of showing a California waterfall... He called it 'Yose (silent e) Mite (silent e)' and I
had to explain it was Yosemite (yo-sem-it-ee)!! |
In the little "downtown" area of Yosemite, there is a historical building that was one of the first mercantile stores in the region. I forget the
founder's name but he was obviously Jewish.
He named the store "Yo Semite".
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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La Ribera (La Rivera)
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all in all...
| Quote: | Originally posted by mcgyver
besides that I have dyeilexia (SP). Add that to Heart Failure , Arthritis, COPD, 75% hearing loss, Eyrethedemia (skin cancer), going blind, rum soaked
liver and poor judgement , bankrupt and I am doing as well as possible!
And you also have to consider that the sun comes in my window over that big lake that we can not agree on its name every morning so I am " Baja Sun
Struck too"
you aint doin' to bad if you get some Baja sunshine every mornin...lucky guy 
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Riom
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The official website for LOS Algodones is at:
http://www.losalgodones.com/
Same spelling on Mexicali municipal official site (end of page):
http://www.mexicaliturismo.com/english/visit_togo00.html
It's well signposted with that name all over the area, although the road on the US side is "Algodones Road".
[Edited on 12-9-2005 by Riom]
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by lencho
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
That's the way Ray Cannon spelled it, and before his book all you heard was 'Gulf of California'. |
As long as we're assigning guilt, wasn't "The Log from the Sea of Cortez" out before that?
Anybody have pre-Steinbeck references to the phrase?
--Larry |
Oh yes, of course... Cannon's book was published in '66 and Steinback's in '41... But, it was Cannon's book that really made the Cortez name for this
gulf popular. People respected Cannon's great work in making this wonderful book... All Baja fans should have a copy...
For political reasons, the Cortez (Cortes) name may swallow better since 'Gulf of California' sounds like this gulf belongs to California (USA)...
The truth is, 'California' was the peninsula's name BEFORE there was a USA. When the word 'Baja' was added to 'California', the gulf probably should
have also received a name change!
Here's the inside page of mine, autographed by the author...
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Hey David thats great! A autographed copy!
I have 2 that are NOT autographed, I am going to put 1 and a bunch of other Baja books on ebay after the holidays.
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Mar de Cort?z
Golfo de California y
Mar Bermejo
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcgyver
Hey David thats great! A autographed copy!
I have 2 that are NOT autographed, I am going to put 1 and a bunch of other Baja books on ebay after the holidays. |
Yes, as you can see it was autographed to me... I have my dad to thank for that... He and I went to the boat show in L.A. or Long Beach in 1967 and he
asked Ray to autograph it to me (I was 9 years old at the time)... My dad was a great and generous man and I have him to thank for my addiction to
Baja! Oh, and not to leave my mom out... she loved Baja very much as well!
Here we are in La Paz, a few months before the meeting with Cannon... at the end of our Jeep trip the length of Baja in 1966... The new ferry to
Mazatlan we took to get home on pavement. Longer, but quicker than going back over 'The Road' to Tijuana!
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I've read somewhere in a Spanish history--Venegas, I think-- that "Mar Bermejo de Cortes" was originally named after the Red Sea and had Mr.
Conquistadore's name added to distinguish it from the original. The two bodies of water have a lot in common when it comes to orientation, and this
would have been pretty obvious to Europeans who manned sailing ships. This explanation seems more reasonable to me than the one that bases the name on
the water being red.
\"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest never happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.\" -
Mark Twain
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