Speak Puerto Rican - Down to the SAINT

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so v's mother came by to see im and she tries to relate to my puerto rican-ness as much as she can... so she starts off by giving me soup and chicken and arroz "moro", and ensalda rusa and flan and frutas, she says, "chinas y mango" with the accent on the "o" like puerto ricans do.  dominicans put the accent on the "a".


she says, "iba hacer arroz con kimbombo pero... " i looked at her like what?


"pues- kimbombo- asi dicen ustedes los boricuas.... kimbombo!"
ooooohhhhh! si, si! Dominicanss call it molodrones anywayz...
then i hear her later on say: "gracias a la virgen del carmen que

todo salio bien."

she caught me off guard. i was like what happened to la virgen de la altagracia?!

lolz i love how she tries to "speak my language" down to saint!
[virgen del carmen- prican patron saint. virgen de la altagracia- DR patron saint]

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