A question about Mexican accents?

Question

Why is it that some Mexican descendants that were born and raised in the United States still sound like they are from Mexico? Why don't they sound like Americans? I know there are regional dialects of American English, but many Mex. descendants sound more Mexican than anything else. Some of them sound like they just arrived in the U.S.A. I would also like to know why do many of them end their sentences with a questioning tone, even if it is not a question? Ex. "I'm going to my house?" "Then I'm gonna watch tv?" "After that I'll eat dinner?" I find this speaking style to be slighty confusing, I'm interesting in learning about it.

Answer 1

Because they speak Spanish to each other most of the time. Spanish causes the way your words are said to be one way and cause a accent when speaking English. When speaking Spanish, words are said in a different order than English or words are changed. Example: (E)"I walked down the road." (S) "I walked down of way." (Caminé abajo del camino)
Also, other languages can cause this same thing.
As far as answering in a question, is just the inflection that is caused by the accent.
Tome una clase española algún día y usted comenzará a hacer la misma cosa.

Answer 2

Accents are all about who you spend your time with when you're little (generally). I'm from Texas, for example, but most of the people in my family don't really have an accent at all (at least not a Texas accent), so I never picked up the Texas accent. If people grow up in communities in which a lot of people talk a certain way, they will end up talking that way. The sort of "up" tone at the end that you might be noticing is just the cadence in which they talk. They're obviously not asking a question, it's just the tone that they use and it's part of the accent. I notice it a lot in Irish accents. It's just one of those things about accents... I'm sorry you find it confusing though, just focus on context and I'm sure you'll be fine.

PS--while I agree with some of the other people that if you don't actually know that these people are of Mexican heratige, referring to them as "Mexicans" is both inaccurate and a little rude ("Hispanic" is probably more appropriate, though "Spanish speakers" is probably better). It seems like you're being sincere to me, though, you just might want to watch out for that in the future to avoid confusion or whatever. But each variant of Spanish does have a distinct accent, including Mexican Spanish, so your question is valid. (And because you seem sincere to me, I'm sorry that you're getting some flak for this question, you just might want to be a little more aware of your words in the future. It's just that in this forum, there are often a lot of people with ridiculously offensive questions about "Mexicans," so everyone's always a little on edge with these types of questions.)

Answer 3

dude shut up! i was born here and if you hear me speak you will think im a white woman. i have no accent. and some people have an accent because the mostly speak spanish and only speak english in class.like me i only speak spanish at home and i speak english perfectly fine. so dont be hating on mexicans its not there fault they speak that way some people dont have the same capability as you and i have so dont judje people by the way they speak. have you ever heard a whte person speak spanish? they are not very good at it either they also have an accent when they speak spanish and we aret saynig anythin
so dude think about it!

Answer 4

For the same reason that people who are born in North Carolina, and in South Carolina speak with that Twang in their accents that the rest of America is not. Their parents have it, and their family has it.
Ask yourself why these "accents" still exist. From the "hick" towns to Georgia to New YOrk accent, is tradition, it's passed on from Generation to Generation.

Answer 5

Why must you generalize it into "Mexican"? Why not "Spanish"?
Anyways, that's besides the point...all of my friends are mexican(i myself am puerto rican) and most of them don't have a spanish accent. And about the question at the end of every sentence thing, almost all hispanics do that. get over it.

Answer 6

The accents stay within you. I would say that most or some Latinos were brought up speaking spanish in their own homes in certain accents because mom, dad, grandma, grandpa only speak spanish.
The accents stay within you, it wont go away just like your race. Denying your race (whether you are latino, chinese, black, white, etc) is like denying yourself. Just be proud that you are american slash whatever race/country you come from.

Answer 7

Shut you ignorant hick

Answer 8

You are sooooo stupid. And with out culture.

Answer 9

mexican accents are the bomb, they're awesome, they're gorgeous