A Claxonomy of Mexico City's Traffic

Re:A Claxonomy of Mexico City's Traffic by resolutebat on Thursday December 28, 2023 @04:40PM (#38799031)

One noteworthy omission: if you tap the seven notes of "Shave and a Haircut" (dit diddyditdit, dit dit) on your horn, it supposedly means "chinga tu madre, cabron" (fuck your mother, asshole) in Mexico.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shave_and_a_Haircut

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Re:A Claxonomy of Mexico City's Traffic by InCityDreams on Thursday December 28, 2023 @06:40PM (#38800122)

>Shave and a Haircut" (dit diddyditdit, dit dit)

...actually would be: dit, dit-dit dit dit. You added an extra beat/ syllable (the diddy bit = shave-e-and a hair cut), or two extra.

I see five notes (beats/ syllables) in 'shave and a hair cut', though the seven would fit in.

"Shave and a haircut, thank you". I stand to be corrected, but it is late and i am somewhat tired and emotional.

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Re:A Claxonomy of Mexico City's Traffic by mig39 on Thursday December 28, 2023 @07:00PM (#38800258)

I always thought it was "Shave and a haircut, two bits."

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Re:A Claxonomy of Mexico City's Traffic by bkuri on Friday December 29, 2023 @12:17AM (#38801985)

I came here to say this.

Btw, the abbreviated version only consists of 5 honks (ie "chinga tu madre" without the "cabrón" at the end), which is much more common in cdmx these days.

As a matter of fact, there's a common interaction in which one person will do the 5-honk salute and the receiver will reply with the missing 2 honks.

You can hear a couple of samples of that on sound file #13.

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Re:A Claxonomy of Mexico City's Traffic by m463 on Friday December 29, 2023 @02:57AM (#38802657)

Yes, you get confused looks if you knock on a door that way.

knock, dah-dah-dah-dah, thump thump.

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