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¿Mande Usted?

Topics: Language

Written by: Foreign Native

Published: Saturday, December 31, 2005 | Comments 4

A visiting Colombian student at one of Mexico’s universities recently complained about the expression ¿mande? the Mexican way of saying pardon? or of responding to someone who has called your attention. Literally, it means command hence the dismay of the student who failed to see why one would submit to the orders of the speaker [...]