"No problemo!"
How many times have you heard that one?? More than you can count on one hand, or both, or maybe even using feet, too, I would imagine. BUT...it's wrong! The word for a problem in Spanish is problema, with an A, not an O. I would hazard a guess that since so many words in Spanish end in O, someone just created this to be funny, and it stuck, but you can do the world a favor by starting to say, "No problema!" Or, not.
Anyhow, I just grocery shopped, and it always makes me happy to see that, if I don't buy stupid American products (and even if I buy one or two), my grocery bill is never much more than what would be $10 USD. To give you an idea of what food shopping costs here in Tuxtla (and at the Bodega Gigante, to be more specific), here is my receipt.
Cheese, 2 packages $3.00 USD
Popcorn, 2 packages $1.20 USD
Quaker granola cereal $1.50 USD
Oranges for juicing (5) $1.00 USD
Pasta $0.30 USD
Hot sauce $0.50 USD
Cilantro (1 big bunch) $0.30 USD
Jar of Jalapenos $0.35 USD
Three fancy cookies $0.80 USD
Tortilla chips (Tostitos) $1.40 USD
Apple Soda $0.50 USD
Bananas (2) $0.15 USD
Tomatoes (2) $0. 62 USD
Serrano pepper (1) $0.03 USD
Grand total: 116.14 pesos, or about $10-11 USD.
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