Need Major differences and commonalities apparent between Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans
Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. The first site will give you information about the different areas of the U.S. where they tend to live:
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761585657/Hispanic_Americans.html
The second site is part of a textbook online:
http://www.safarix.com/0205381979/ch09
This site has similarities and differences:
http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_schaefer_racialgroup_9/0,7588,659689-,00.html
As for the Spanish spoken by the two groups, the Mexicans have a "cantadito" which is very pleasant to hear (sing-song) and the Puerto Ricans, like the Cubans, tend to drop the "s" sound in words. The vocabulary is also different, much like regional differences in the U.S.