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YanquiQuilme�o
Joined: 20 Oct 2005
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Location: Quilmes, Argentina
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 Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 4:05 pm Post subject: Things you're tired of hearing ... |
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I thought it would be fun to write a list of things people have gotten tired of hearing since they've been in Argentina.
I'll start ...
1. You speak English so well for an American.
2. The women here are the most beautiful in the world, aren't they? |
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Ackerley81
Joined: 20 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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haha, how about
You are from the states? You like Bush? |
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vivaBarca
Joined: 03 Mar 2005
Posts: 151
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
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| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh man I can second that one, Ackerly---that theme is pretty inexhaustible. Whether I�m at the kiosco or it�s 5 in the morning at a bar, I�ve been at the receiving end of a completely unsolicited an anti-Bush tirade on more than one (or ten) occasions. |
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carlos-england
Joined: 16 Jul 2004
Posts: 165
Location: Buenos Aires - Cabalitto
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| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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Theres plenty...
Argentina was once the 8th richest economy you know...
I remember when I bought my Mercedes/ holidayed regular
to Thailand/ had a summer house in Gstaad when the dollar
was pegged with the Peso... now I can't afford a cup of soup.
Those Paraguyans/Bolitas/ or whoever else are responsible for
this HUGE crime wave.
Buenos Aires is like nowhere in South America... it is
like... Paris... more... European (Stop it please you berk lol)
As for the women remark lets face it, they are probably some of
the best looking women in the world  |
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Palmettoman
Joined: 20 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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| But what they have in looks, they are definitely lacking in personality (generally speaking) |
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matttheboy
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Posts: 854
Location: Valparaiso, Chile
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| Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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'No lo puedo explicar porque no tiene sentido.' (Yes, thanks. That�s really helpful.)
'Vivimos en el culo del mundo.' (despite asserting that they live in the most beautiful country in the world at the same time. Make up your minds, people.)
'Todos los politicos son ladrones� (get over yourselves, the general population is no better and often worse).
�Ey, gringo�. (Just. F uck. Right. Off.)
That�s about it from me, there are lots of things that get on my nerves here but far more things that make me want to stay and that put a smile on my face. |
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YanquiQuilme�o
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Location: Quilmes, Argentina
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:26 am Post subject: |
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"Here we are for to teach the real English British so you is American cannot teach here because you no speak the English. You speak the American."
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ATTORNEY
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
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Location: Palermo, Buenos Aires
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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hehehe after some introspective analysis I have to admit that I only say 2 of the ones I have read
1. "vivimos en el culo del mundo" (I often realize of this when I look for airline fares!)
2. "when the peso was pegged to the dollar I could afford..." (snif, beloved convertibility, its just a memory now).
I never ask the "bush" question, I just prefer to asume that nobody likes him.
Cheers. |
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vivaBarca
Joined: 03 Mar 2005
Posts: 151
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:21 am Post subject: |
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| �That empanada/apartment/yacht/______(insert frivilous luxury item) is only�x� dollars - it�s NOTHING for YOU�! |
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waterdance
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| I think I ate a steak everyday for two weeks thinking that it costs me almost nothing. |
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Alex42
Joined: 14 Jun 2004
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Location: Salta, Argentina
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"You are English? From London?"
"No, I�m not from London. In fact THE MAJORITY of English people are not from London."
The Americans have to put up with endless questions about Bush. We get endless questions about "Las Malvinas". About a year ago my responses to the issue were sensitive, even sympathetic. Now they tend to be along the lines of "why are you so obsessed with ownership of some crappy islands that you'd never want to visit, let alone live on?"
Why do I never hear ANYONE complaining about the large triangle of Chile that separates Ushuaia from the rest of Argentina? |
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matttheboy
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
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| Alex42 wrote: |
"You are English? From London?"
"No, I�m not from London. In fact THE MAJORITY of English people are not from London."
The Americans have to put up with endless questions about Bush. We get endless questions about "Las Malvinas". About a year ago my responses to the issue were sensitive, even sympathetic. Now they tend to be along the lines of "why are you so obsessed with ownership of some crappy islands that you'd never want to visit, let alone live on?"
Why do I never hear ANYONE complaining about the large triangle of Chile that separates Ushuaia from the rest of Argentina? |
That large triangle exists because Argentina essentially stole a huge chunk of Chilean Patagonia whilst 99% of the Chilean army was raping, pillaging and nicking huge chunks of Bolivia and Peru. The (now reviled) Chilean president who handed it over as Argentine troops massed on the border did so to avoid a war in the South whilst fighting a war in the north. The land above the triangle is mainly what was handed over, making Argentina fatter in that part of the continent and the triangle remained in Chilean hands, keeping Argentina thin in that part. Funny how they don't whinge about that, eh?!
From wikipedia:
Toward the end of the nineteenth century, the government in Santiago consolidated its position in the south by persistently suppressing the Mapuche. In 1881, it signed a treaty with Argentina confirming Chilean sovereignty over the Strait of Magellan, but conceding all of oriental Patagonia, and a considerable fraction of the territory it had during colonial times. As a result of the War of the Pacific with Peru and Bolivia (1879-1883), Chile expanded its territory northward by almost one-third and acquired valuable nitrate deposits, the exploitation of which led to an era of national affluence.
The Falkands war happened because the intelligent military dictatorship chose to invade the islands instead of attacking Chile in Patagonia. They thought it'd be easier fighting the british and that the US government would support them over us. Clever, huh?
But yes, it is tiresome hearing the same question over and over again. I tend to answer with a 'No tiene nada que ver conmigo, es un tema politico' and if they persist i just don't bother speaking to them as it's not worth the hassle and it's not something you can ever agree on.
The things that really, really irritate me are:
--'That fog must be terrible to live with in London'. -Yes, it must have been terrible until they sorted it out 60 years ago.
--'What's the name of that comedian? Benny Hill, no? He's so funny'. -Yes, he's hilarious if you're a brain-dead muppet who's undergone a lobotomy.
--'Maradona blah blah blah...'. -Yes, a (formerly) fat, drug addled, mafia-linked cheat. What a nice man. Someone to be proud of. |
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