Hi folks,
Within a month's time, I have heard two people mention this phrase about my eyes. I have never heard this description before, so to hear it twice in a month was surprising.
In this first instance, I was at a mall cafe waiting for my sandwich when the sandwich maker asked me in Spanish if I was from Guadalajara, since I had "ojos tapatios". I told him no, and after he shook his head, I did admit that my family was from Jalisco (my grandma was born in Totatiche, but grew up in Guadalajara). He was quite happy, as it confirmed his description.
On Christmas, I went to visit the same grandma, and there visiting her was one of her friends, a Mexican lady. My grandma was talking about me, and the lady mentioned that I had "ojos tapatios."
Now, my family is not just from Jalisco--- I have family from Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Aguascalientes, Michoacan, and San Luis Potosi. So how did two different people know about my Jaliscan descent?
I never thought of my eyes as