Differences in U.S. and Mexico?

[Luna Azul]

English has had a lot of influence in the Spanish spoken by the immigrants. They still try to speak Spanish but many of the terms and words have been anglicized.

To give a couple of examples, instead of "el camión" they sat "el troco", from "truck".

Instead of "volver a llamar" they say "llamar para atrás" an almost literal translation from "to call back".

There are innumerable examples of this. That's the way all our languages were formed, as they changed, let's say, from Latin to Spanish, Italian, French, etc.
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[pinosilano]

Originally Posted by Luna Azul

There are innumerable examples of this. That's the way all our languages were formed, as they changed, let's say, from Latin to Spanish, Italian, French, etc.
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[CrOtALiTo]

Yes commonly there're differences between both countries in the speaks way, in fact we have a style of accent very remarked when we speak in English.

[Sancho Panther]

When I look at the atlas it appears to me that Mejico is firmly in the contintent of North America, yet many norteamericanos hotly dispute this, saying it's in Central America. I like to ask people "There are two countries called 'The United States' in North America, can you name them?"

They're baffled when I answer "Los Estados Unidos de Mejico"! They usually offer Canada.

What's your opinion?

[poli]

I was taught that North America ends at the border of Panama and Colombia. Central America is a region in southern North America. I was also taught that, although Mexico shares similarities with Central America, it is not technically Central America. Central America starts south of the border of Mexico in the country of Guatemala and ends at the southernmost point of Panama.

Mexico should always be spelled with a x not a j at least on the western side of the Atlantic.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Sancho Panther

When I look at the atlas it appears to me that Mejico is firmly in the contintent of North America, yet many norteamricanos hotly dispute this, saying it's in Central America. I like to ask people "There are two countries called 'The United States' in North America, can you name them?"

They're baffled when I answer "Los Estados Unidos de Mejico"! They usually offer Canada.

What's your opinion?

I agree with Poli...i am not sure if some americans say that...

But good questions!

I would like to add: Can you name which country or who could be called "norteamericanos/north americans"?

[Sancho Panther]

¿Los yanquis?

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Originally Posted by Sancho Panther

They're baffled when I answer "Los Estados Unidos de Mejico"!

Estados Unidos Mexicanos is the official name of the nation.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

Estados Unidos Mexicanos is the official name of the nation.

Oh yes, you are also Estado Unidenses.

[Caballero]

Originally Posted by Sancho Panther

When I look at the atlas it appears to me that Mejico is firmly in the contintent of North America, yet many norteamericanos hotly dispute this, saying it's in Central America.

What's your opinion?

I live in the United States of America, and never have I heard a single person say that Mexico is not part of North America. The first, and only time I heard that some people consider Mexico to be part of Central America was on Wikipedia talking about some UN classification system that only the UN uses. However, sometimes people use the term North America when they need to talk about the US and Canada collectively. E.g. North American English, which obviously does not include the English spoken in Mexico, or Greenland. That doesn't mean that they think that Mexico is in Central America, though (or Greenland either, lol.)

I like to ask people "There are two countries called 'The United States' in North America, can you name them?"

They're baffled when I answer "Los Estados Unidos de Mejico"! They usually offer Canada.

It doesn't prove that they think Mexico is a part of Central America at all. It's just because nobody in the United States of America refers to Mexico as the United States of Mexico. It's always just called Mexico. Heck, I had no idea about its official name until I started studing Spanish. But I would never refer to it as the United States of Mexico when speaking English. Asking people from here that question is about as silly as asking them "True or False: there's an Oriental Republic in South America", or "Did you know, that Wales is in Australia?"