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  • The phrase in Las Casas is not _algunos dias há_, but _há dias_, i.e. not "a few days ago," but "some time ago."

    The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest John Fiske 1871

  • This reminds me of what somebody said on another thread about the concept of time … usually very loose but not so when it comes to separate the buenas tardes from the dias, which is precise like clockwork.

    Some Things I'll Never Learn (about living in Mexico) 2005

  • It is not enough, for me, that Mexicans have built in atomic clocks and know the precise instant it is no longer "buenos dias" and becomes "buenas tardes."

    Page 3 2009

  • The time issue is reflected in the Spanish (maybe just Mexican?) expressions "ocho dias"/eight days and "quince dias"/fifteen days which mean "one week" and "two weeks".

    Not being on time a high art in Mexico 2009

  • How satisfying was it to see Jersey Shore knucklehead Mike "The Situation" bomb on the dias of Comedy Central's roast of Donald Trump?

    Matt's TV Week in Review 2011

  • My wife is from México City, and when we were living there I learned to greet everyone on the street, etc., with buenos dias, buenos tardes, etc.

    Just back from a month in upstate New York 2009

  • My wife is from México City, and when we were living there I learned to greet everyone on the street, etc., with buenos dias, buenos tardes, etc.

    Just back from a month in upstate New York 2009

  • The time issue is reflected in the Spanish (maybe just Mexican?) expressions "ocho dias"/eight days and "quince dias"/fifteen days which mean "one week" and "two weeks".

    Not being on time a high art in Mexico 2009

  • My wife is from México City, and when we were living there I learned to greet everyone on the street, etc., with buenos dias, buenos tardes, etc.

    Just back from a month in upstate New York 2009

  • It is not enough, for me, that Mexicans have built in atomic clocks and know the precise instant it is no longer "buenos dias" and becomes "buenas tardes."

    Page 3 2009

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    March 21, 2015