Re: Manitos speech and Ladino

["v.h.villarreal" <raices_regias@...>]

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--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Emilie Garcia" <auntyemfaustus@h...>
wrote:
>
> Victor, the only one who still speaks with that accent and uses
those words that sound strange or are unknown to Mexicans is my Aunt
Emilia who is 92 years old and is the last of her generation.  I have
heard that many descendants of 16th and 17th century Spanish settlers
have discovered their Sephardic roots which explains to them many of
their ancestors particular habits, but my mother and her other
siblings would not hear of it if they were alive.  They considered
themselves "Spanish" and denied being Indian, but lately my aunt has
spoken of their Indian blood (Piro/Manso/Tewa---Pueblo tribes).  I
haven't heard that speech since my mother died in 1985 and I live far
from my aunt who has remained in the Mesilla Valley of New Mexico all
her life, so I can't think of any particular word or phrase.  I will
ask my husband, since he used to make fun of their speech (he would
imitate them to their faces!) and he would ask me where my mother got
certain words that he had never heard of.
> 
> I will look into the Ladino possibility.  Thanks.
> 
> Emilie Garcia
> Port Orchard, WA---