Originally posted by Bajatripper
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Bajatripper - would you happen to have a phone number for Dr Parra ......this is all very helpful info |
Glad to: 612-123-0195. For what it's worth, she accepts major credit cards and has a "sistema de pagos a 6 meses sin intereses con tarjetas Bancomer,"
which probably doesn't apply to you, but I thought I'd include that info just in case.
FYI: Mexico uses the Spanish system of placing the father's last name before the mother's (Mexican names usually include both the mother's maiden name
[which is the mother's father's last name] as well as the father's father's [that isn't a typo] last name).
In Dr. Araiza's case, "Araiza" would be her father's last name AND the name one would use when refering to her by only one of her last names.
This little cultural difference has caused much confusion over the years. One case I'm aware of is that of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, the Portuguez
explorer who is most famous for his explorations of the north American Pacific coast on behalf of Spain. In the US, we commemorate monuments to him
using his mother's maiden name--such as the Cabrillo National Monument on Point Loma, San Diego--when all of his accomplisments in Spanish refer to
him by Rodriguez, which tends to generate confusion when people who are bilingual read histories in the two languages (English and Spanish). Most
Mexicans (or Spaniards, for that matter) probably don't correlate the Cabrillo monument in San Diego with Juan Rodriguez.
But you probably don't give a hoot about all that. It's the history buff in me speaking up, pay him no attention. He can be boring at times.
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