Analyses of 18 socio-linguistic interviews of people born and raised in Guadalajara, each representing different group in terms of gender, age, and educational level. Analytical perspectives range from idiomatic to strictly linguistic: one essay looks at historic, social and linguistic climate of Guadalajara; another examines uses of tú and usted. Another studies use of diminutive forms of expression in this city and elsewhere in world; one essay discusses use of prototypically reformulating markers; and one considers uses of irony among youth. Includes brief glossary of local slang. Edition limited to 500 copies.