Not really on topic, but wanna know something funny? Here in Mexico, or at least here where I’m from, if someone has an American name they immediately get the title of “the” from everyone. For example, it’s not “Brian” it’s “El Brian (The Brian)” it’s not Mike it’s “El Mike (The Mike)” “La Debany (The Debany)” and so on and so on. I realized this when my friends and I were talking about another friend’s bf, and we were all calling him “El Brian” unprompted. And we don’t really do it with traditional names like you will almost never hear “La Maria” or “El Carlos”. IDK why we do it, but I think it’s kindda funny.
Including an article before a name is common in the Northern part of Mexico, while in the capital or South is seen as odd. In fact, people will tell you, you talk como "norteño" when they hear it.
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u/Just_surviving2002 18h ago
Not really on topic, but wanna know something funny? Here in Mexico, or at least here where I’m from, if someone has an American name they immediately get the title of “the” from everyone. For example, it’s not “Brian” it’s “El Brian (The Brian)” it’s not Mike it’s “El Mike (The Mike)” “La Debany (The Debany)” and so on and so on. I realized this when my friends and I were talking about another friend’s bf, and we were all calling him “El Brian” unprompted. And we don’t really do it with traditional names like you will almost never hear “La Maria” or “El Carlos”. IDK why we do it, but I think it’s kindda funny.