Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, Earth

The Idiot's Guide To Santa Fe Names

by Matt Thomas (matrian@usa.net)
written 02 May 1997

This article is classified "Real"


Santa Fe, New Mexico, is one of the most beautiful and interesting places
in the world.  This is, unless you're a teenager living there, in which
case it's the most incredibly boring place in the world.  It is also one of
the most popular tourist spots, despite the fact most natives hate
tourists.  The reason for this is that, in the eyes of the natives,
tourists are stupid.

There are many reasons that they think this.  The main one is the fact that
tourists don't know how to talk right.  So in order to make your stay in
Santa Fe as enjoyable as possible we give you:

"The Idiot's Guide To Santa Fe Names":

Name             Correct                 Incorrect
====             =======                 =========
Cerillos         Say-ree-ous             Ker-rill-os
Pojauque         Po-walk-ee              Po-jack-ee
Tortilla         Tor-ti-ya               Tor-till-a
Fajita           Fah-hi-ta               Fah-jee-ta
Jemez            Hay-mez                 Jay-mez
Albuquerque*     Al-boo-ker-ke           Al-boo-Kwirk-Kwee

(* Actually, this one doesn't matter all that much; see below.)

Also, despite what you may have heard in other New Mexico cities, the
little candles in bags that are set up around Christmas time are
"Farolitos", not "Luminarias," as those in a certain larger city, noted
above, say.  Santa Feans consider Albuquerque to be a city of idiots who
don't know how to talk either.

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