tjBill - 10-6-2007 at 02:29 PM
Do any of you Spanish experts know if locals of Baja Norte speak with a particular Spanish accent?
Mango - 10-6-2007 at 02:48 PM
I've found throughout my travels in Mexico is that different regions have different accents and use different words and phrases.
For example, my girlfriend is from the area around Mexico City. The locals in Baja think her accent is weird. They use different words for some
things in the north than they do in the mainland and vise versa. I have a hard time understanding people in the state of Puebla; but, do just fine in
other areas.
So, yes. People in Baja have a different accent than people in other parts of Mexico.
DENNIS - 10-6-2007 at 02:50 PM
Maybe words as well. The closer to the border, the more Spanglish.
Oso - 10-7-2007 at 09:49 AM
Of course, y'all. Jes lak ah cain't hardly unnerstan them damyankees with their "youse guys" and "pahk de cah".
Locals here on the Sonora/BC/AZ border have accused me of sounding like a Chilango. (Well, the D.F. is where I first learned).
Here in San Luis, AZ, there is a barber shop with a sign saying "Barbero". You'd never see that farther south, there it means "insincere flatterer"
or suckup. In the D.F. a barber shop is a peluqueria. A soft drink here is a soda, there it's a refresco.
In La Paz (La Pa') it's even different than the rest of Baja. There they drop the final "s" sound much like Cubans and Puerto Ricans.
fdt - 10-7-2007 at 09:59 AM
We all have different accents and you can sometimes tell who is from were, if you've traveled sufficiently. Some accents or "El cantadito" are more
pronounced than others like DF or Baja California Sur, those are dead giveaways and some like Guerrero or Veracruz get confused sometimes, Sonora is
very distinctive and Baja California uses a lot of "Pochismos", specialy Tijuana. And to answer your question, no, people from Baja Californa have
many accents, and very pronounced in some cases, people from Tijuana talk different than people from Tecate and people from Mexicali definately talk
different than people from Ensenada.