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Member name: Alberto
From: Montevideo
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Profile updated: Fri Jul 15 11:35:17 2011

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Clarification about "ll" and Portuguese.

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Mon Feb 6 10:08:22 2012
Clarification about "ll" and Portuguese.~~I mean, many of the Spanish words with "ll" are written with "ch" in... llave=chave). Their pronnounciation for "ch" may have influenced the way we pronnounce "ll" in the Rio de la Plata. ...

Different forms of Spanish language

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Mon Feb 6 09:56:29 2012
Different forms of Spanish language~~- "Vaya con Dios" is commonly used in some regions of Spain, so it may be still... pronnounces sh in Portuguese. There is a mutual influence between Rio de la Plata Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. ...

The whistle of the knife sharpener.

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Wed Feb 1 14:44:55 2012
The whistle of the knife sharpener.~~Lionel, the characteristic melody of the whistle played by the peddler sharpeners... melody is known. Well, maybe peddler sharpeners have dissapeared from Europe and the whistle vanished with them.

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Carnival dates.

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Sat Jan 28 10:43:59 2012
Carnival dates.~~OK. Let me try to clarify this. We have to make a distinction between the Carnival holliday (an... the Teatro de Verano (generally the first weekend of March).

Llamadas: the second Thursday and Friday of February. ...


The Colonia way of getting a license.

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Sun Jan 1 15:16:29 2012
The Colonia way of getting a license.~~Hope none of your guests kills someone at the streets! I wonder how that... regulation can seam funny, untill you or one of your beloved is affected. Some regulations exist for a reason. ...

Lucas.

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Thu Dec 22 13:54:20 2011
Lucas.~~Some extra explanation about the relation between the State and health care in Uruguay. There is a National... farm. A week ago the President was urging new doctors to look beyond the limits of Montevideo to start their carreers. ...

Origin of crime in today's Uruguay.

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Tue Dec 13 10:09:04 2011
Origin of crime in today's Uruguay.~~I agree with what Dan points out. One of the main reasons is social... the little money they need for the next dosis.

Both problems: drug and social disintegration, may be connected too. ...


Uruguayan "reds".

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Tue Dec 13 09:57:21 2011
Uruguayan "reds".~~For the record: The Colorado (Red) party is much older than any Commie party. Both traditional... so to remain identifiable the "light-blues" started to use red strips and were since then called the "Colorados".

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Currency symbols.

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Wed Nov 23 12:57:24 2011
Currency symbols.~~In Uruguay, the legal symbol for Uruguayan Peso is $. So everywhere you see $ in an Uruguayan... to make it more clear. When the doc refers to dollars, the symbol used is never $, but one of these: US$, U$S, or USD. ...

Asylum seeker.

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Tue Nov 15 15:46:34 2011
Asylum seeker.~~I agree with Glen. That is a very unusual status so special regulations may apply. However, take into... that asylum status is only recognized for very special political situations. I don't know whether Thailand qualifies....

Over 65s and health coverage.

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Wed Oct 12 18:05:02 2011
Over 65s and health coverage.~~Of course elderly people is not sent out of the "mutualistas". But the mutualista system... public health services in the case of a foreigner. But I guess you will be able to use them if you get your residence....

Facebook

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Tue Oct 11 07:59:58 2011
Facebook~~She is "Alessia Molinari" at Facebook; I guess you can send her a message... is "Alessia Molinari" at Facebook; I guess you can send her a message there.

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More cultural secrets... bidet water temperature.

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Thu Oct 6 12:19:32 2011
More cultural secrets... bidet water temperature.~~Priehl,

Bidets have a knob with two positions. One of them will... would simply do it fast, with cold water... Warm water can also be adictive... remember this is just for washing. ;-)...


Wash cloths!

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Thu Oct 6 08:47:30 2011
Wash cloths!~~Now that is really cultural interchange! I've never knew about those wash cloths, and would never use one... would never use one in the US, just from prejuidice! Now I'm prepared to travel without toilet cultural shocks. :-)

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Explaining the toilet culture...

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Thu Oct 6 08:32:20 2011
Explaining the toilet culture...~~Hahaha, I never thought I was going to write about this in a forum... Oh, well.... smaller than a hand towel.

Hope this helps and we can pass on to discuss other more exciting cultural items... :-) ...


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