Dominicans are the only people in the world that call the color orange mamey (ma?may) instead of anaranjado or naranja, which is the Spanish name.
The use of mamey in everyday Spanish can actually be indicative of tge assimilation of any foreigner in Dominican society.
Ironically, there is no campaign of attacking, ridiculing or criticizing Dominicans for being the only people in the world that calls orange mamey.
Mamey is also the name of a fruit that is quite popular in the country, but as with other names uniquely Dominican to refer to certain colors, no one thinks that something of mamey color is actually a mamey fruit.
When speaking Spanish, do you refer to orange as mamey?
The use of mamey in everyday Spanish can actually be indicative of tge assimilation of any foreigner in Dominican society.
Ironically, there is no campaign of attacking, ridiculing or criticizing Dominicans for being the only people in the world that calls orange mamey.
Mamey is also the name of a fruit that is quite popular in the country, but as with other names uniquely Dominican to refer to certain colors, no one thinks that something of mamey color is actually a mamey fruit.
When speaking Spanish, do you refer to orange as mamey?