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I think y'all are splitting hairs. Technically, salsa is the Spanish word for sauce, so they are interchangeable in NM where English and Spanish are sprinkled together liberally.
Correct.
Also, English and Spanish are both official languages of New Mexico.
(Carpetbagger greenhorn)
Ey dere ... can't stand all dis cowboy cwap ...
What all dees soud westen yokels need iz a good dose of brownstones, vewy steep wooves, an' colonials. Lots o' colonials. Get dem awdinances in dere ... architectural codes sayin' ... only pwapah civlized buildins' ... none o' dees wed tile wooves, none of dees spwaling wanch omes, none of dees pow wow Sittin Bull mud huts wid dem wieayad guttah thingies sticking out da top o' da walls.
As sarcastic and OTT as my previous post may seem, in other parts of the SWern US this is happening. A town I lived in decided they wanted to look like New England. It's so out of place and clashes with the landscape. But no matter, got to make the carpetbaggers feel at home.
I find the distinction difficult too. I mean I know what they are but so many people use the terms recklessly.
There is a difference between 'Mexican' and 'New Mexican.' Visit Santa Fe and eat in a few restaurants, and then you'll know.
This is a very true statement. I moved here from S Texas and lived on the border of Texas and Mexico and I am still not used to what is called Mexican food here. I prefer to cook my own Mexican food. I wish they would just call it New Mexican food because it is like nothing I ever tasted in Mexico. Biggest pet peeve is spanish rice with peas.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but the "Zia" symbol and "Land of Enchantment" both appear on the NM motor vehicle license plates. Gotta get me one of them!
The "shore" is overrated. I've lived within a dozen miles or so of the Pacific Ocean all my life. I like the desert better. In fact if I move to NM maybe I'll change my username to "Desert Hound!" In fact I think I'll do that...
"Land of Enchantment" is the official State Motto of NM.
And I was just kidding about the ocean shoreline myself.
Its just whenever I tell friends & family where I've chosen to live their universal (very shocked) response is: "but its a desert, isn't it?"
To which I usually reply: "Yes it is and thank heaven's for that. It keeps the riff raff down"
PS: The North-Western (Rocky Mountain) corner of NM isn't a desert at all, but filled with pine forests, small lakes and high mountain grass lands.
As sarcastic and OTT as my previous post may seem, in other parts of the SWern US this is happening. A town I lived in decided they wanted to look like New England. It's so out of place and clashes with the landscape. But no matter, got to make the carpetbaggers feel at home.
I like NE architecture in New England.
New Mexico's style is so unique and well developed that I truly don't see the need to import anything else in the first place.
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