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A colleague of mine, now retired and returned home, is a native of New Mexico. The number of people who don't understand it is a state in the union. Folks often spoke in wonder of how his English was so good, with hardly any accent. He's even had officials ask him for his passport when they saw his NM id.

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Yeah, all they probably heard was the "Mexico" part....

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