Sunday, May 20, 2007

Interlude - Argentinian facts

  • Size: 2.8 million sqaure kilometers (size of India)
  • Population: 39 Million
  • Famous for: Tango, Gauchos (we´ve hardly seen), football, Meat (big, big, big steaks)
  • Language: Spanish, Quechua in Andean northwest (native language)
  • Money: Argentinian Peso. 1 Euro is ± 4 Pesos.
  • Popular linguistic usage: barbáro (means cool), non por favor (they say it always after gracias)
  • ll = sj (pronunciation). This is only the case in Argentina (of Spanish speaking countries)
  • Time: CET (Central European Time) minus 4 hours.

If you have any questions, you can comment on my blog and I will be happy to reply.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Pinguin says:
I wonder where this beatiful little phrase has its origin,
"It takes two to tango" , no doubt being on the spot somebody 'll come up with the answer...