My Burning Tongue: Mexican Spanish (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780578966250)

MORE than 167 million natives speak Mexican Spanish-with nearly 40 million speakers in the United States alone. Explore the idiosyncrasies of this colorful language spoken throughout the region. If a Mexican asks you for a popote, should you be worried? If he shouts Aguas!, will you get wet? If another asks Co ves?, is he concerned about your visual acuity? Find out what Mexicans are really saying as you uncover the hidden meaning behind more than 500 local words, idioms, and sayings. Some 100 illustrations make it easy to grasp the concept behind the words. We don't teach you Spanish; we teach you how to make your Spanish more Mexican!