Don't fret that much. New Mexico English doesn't sound like Idaho English either. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_American_English#New_Mexico https://en.

Don't fret that much. New Mexico English doesn't sound like Idaho English either. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_American_English#New_Mexico https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_American_English#New_M... refers to NM English as a "subdialect", so it's likely more a matter of how you define some pretty fuzzy borders.