Learning Spanish

Bev's Spanish lessons are paying off for me. When I've met a Mexican, I have always asked Come se llamo? They look at me strangely and point to themselves with a questioning look on their faces. "Me," they seem to ask.
I say, "si."
"Jose," they respond.

I wondered what their problem was with my Spanish. Today I learned what I was saying was, " Come se llamo? What am I called? Well, that's a guessing game isn't it. How would they know what I'm called, other than crazy gringo. He has forgotten his name.

I should have said, "Como te llamas? What is your name or how are you called?

Me llamo, Miguel is correct for I am called Michael.

Now maybe I won't get strange looks anymore.

What does "Cabrón" mean in Mexican Spanish?

Luis Fernando Mata Licón, being Northern Mexican since I was born. "...it's kind of hard to explain what "Cabrón" means, we Mexicans love to use the same bad word and give it a lot of meanings just as the word "Chingar" and all it's derivatives. And "Cabrón" is one of those words that has a lot of meanings.

Definitely is an insult, you would never say "Cabrón" in front of a child, no matter the circumstances. But it isn't always something bad, it also can mean something very good. For example:

"Soy bien cabrón programando" - I'm fucking good at programming.

But it also means something bad: "Esta bien cabrón el asunto" - The situation is very fucked.

It can also be a person: "El cabrón se escapo" - The fucker escaped.

As a name I think people would think about the third scenario, so if you were planning to name it fucker then you choose the right word.

I asked to the people on my office and they all say "Cabrón" is a gray word, it depends a lot of the context in order to say if it means something good or something bad, but we all agreed that it is a bad word but isn't the worst of Mexican Spanish.

So, say hello to Cabrón!

What is the Easiest Spoken Language to Learn?

Interesting article in Quora:

What is the Easiest Spoken Language to Learn?
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• Category I languages, 26-week courses, include Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese. 
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Imagine 26-weeks and you can read books, write essays and so on, so not just speak the language! 

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