Comments on: 10 Reasons to Base Your Study Abroad Experience in Chile http://matadorabroad.com/10-reasons-to-base-your-study-abroad-experience-in-chile/ study abroad programs Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:37:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gabriel Ortega http://matadorabroad.com/10-reasons-to-base-your-study-abroad-experience-in-chile/comment-page-1/#comment-1226 Gabriel Ortega Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:19:06 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=66#comment-1226 My bad... It refers to FLIES not honeybees. Guess that's the magical realist in my Chilean blood! :) Here is a good etymological explanation: <a href="http://etimologias.dechile.net/?pololo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://etimologias.dechile.net/?pololo</a rel="nofollow">" target="_blank">http://etimologias.dechile.net/?pololo</a></a> My bad… It refers to FLIES not honeybees. Guess that's the magical realist in my Chilean blood! :) Here is a good etymological explanation: ” target=”_blank”>http://etimologias.dechile.net/?pololo

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]]> By: Cathy Dean http://matadorabroad.com/10-reasons-to-base-your-study-abroad-experience-in-chile/comment-page-1/#comment-1225 Cathy Dean Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:15:08 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=66#comment-1225 Thanks so much for the clarification Gabriel. I'm fascinated with the origins of words in both English and Spanish and find your comment is a great addition to what I wrote. Although I've read that pololo is a Mapudungun word for fly, instead of honeybee, I hope your version has more weight. Makes the word pololo much sweeter. Thanks so much for the clarification Gabriel. I'm fascinated with the origins of words in both English and Spanish and find your comment is a great addition to what I wrote. Although I've read that pololo is a Mapudungun word for fly, instead of honeybee, I hope your version has more weight. Makes the word pololo much sweeter.

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]]> By: Gabriel Ortega http://matadorabroad.com/10-reasons-to-base-your-study-abroad-experience-in-chile/comment-page-1/#comment-1224 Gabriel Ortega Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:13:27 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=66#comment-1224 Just to clarify, "pololo" comes from Mapudungún, the language of the Mapuches, and refers to the larger honeybees, or "avejorros" that typically buzz around flowers here in Chile. Historically, it's usage comes from Valparaíso, where in the earlier part of the 20th century, the firemen had helmets that made them look like honeybees. The women who would date these rough and tumble men referred to them as "pololos" for their appearance. Just to clarify, "pololo" comes from Mapudungún, the language of the Mapuches, and refers to the larger honeybees, or "avejorros" that typically buzz around flowers here in Chile. Historically, it's usage comes from Valparaíso, where in the earlier part of the 20th century, the firemen had helmets that made them look like honeybees. The women who would date these rough and tumble men referred to them as "pololos" for their appearance.

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