Why do Mexicans speak Spanish?

It's similar to Great Britain and America... we conquered, they speak our language... except not exactly the same. Over the centuries their language has incorporated different meaning of English words... and the same has happened to Mexico with the Spanish language.

If I speak Spanish in Mexico I will be understood of course.. but like America, they've changed some words to mean something else..
 

Bretrick said:
Why do Mexicans speak Spanish?
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Not all do, I have been to remote parts of Mexico where Spanish was not spoken or understood, the locals still spoke their native languages.
Bretrick said:
Why can't they speak Mexicanese?
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Ain't no such thing, as I think you know, LOL.

Holly's analogy to speaking English in the US is pretty much right. Kind of like why in Australia y'all don't speak Australianese.

Languages of Mexico
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Mexico
 
I don't speak Spanish, but my Latino friends do. They tell me it's their version of Spanish, and not totally like the language spoken in Spain. And they said they had a hard time understanding South American Spanish, and especially Carribean Spanish. If you took somebody from Wales, put him with some from the Out Back of OZ, and someone from the Ozark Mts, in the US, they all speak "English", but there's no way they could communicate with each other. So, I guess while it's called "Spanish" in Mexico, it is morphing into Mexican.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
I don't speak Spanish, but my Latino friends do. They tell me it's their version of Spanish, and not totally like the language spoken in Spain. And they said they had a hard time understanding South American Spanish, and especially Carribean Spanish. If you took somebody from Wales, put him with some from the Out Back of OZ, and someone from the Ozark Mts, in the US, they all speak "English", but there's no way they could communicate with each other. So, I guess while it's called "Spanish" in Mexico, it is morphing into Mexican.
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Always wondered what language Benny Hill was speaking...

You make a good point, there are many and varied dialects of our languages.
 
hollydolly said:
It's similar to Great Britain and America... we conquered, they speak our language... except not exactly the same. Over the centuries their language has incorporated different meaning of English words... and the same has happened to Mexico with the Spanish language.

If I speak Spanish in Mexico I will be understood of course.. but like America, they've changed some words to mean something else..
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Holly we do that just to mess all the 'Brits' up...
 
Per mostly everything presented in public here in Texas, seems to be split between English, and the loose Mexican 'Spanish' they brought up over the border years ago .... a lot of "Farm and Ranch Spanish" spoken here.
Learning that has been helpful to employers for many years.
 
hollydolly said:
same name as my father.. my father is from Clan Cameron.. my mother from Campbell.. the auld enemies.. they should have walked away from each other the minute they were introduced
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Actually, in the USA most of us are Mutts! Mixed breeds over the generations we lost any real linage to one particular nation, excepting the American Indians, who are still some that have always married within their tribe or other family of another tribe.
 
Also consider what words might have been introduced into the Spanish language from the indigenous people, and perhaps to some extent then into other languages. Did the word chocolate originate from the Aztecs, brought to Europe by the Spanish. Also consider why the words Bungalow and Shampoo are in the English language.
 
hollydolly said:
It's similar to Great Britain and America... we conquered, they speak our language... except not exactly the same. Over the centuries their language has incorporated different meaning of English words... and the same has happened to Mexico with the Spanish language.

If I speak Spanish in Mexico I will be understood of course.. but like America, they've changed some words to mean something else..
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Here, a taco is a tasty food item wrapped in a tortilla. In Spain, I believe it would be an electrical plug wrapped in an omelet.
 
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