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 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:15:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mexe http://matadorabroad.com/10-reasons-to-base-your-study-abroad-experience-in-chile/comment-page-1/#comment-7684 Mexe Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:40:12 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=66#comment-7684 I loved it. specially the part about how we speak. It´s true we can´t do without our muletillas (words someone tends to use a lot even though they are not necesary). Even though Chile might be a great place to visit, and to learn about a new culture I don´t believe it's great for college exchange students. I get a lot of gringo classmates every semester and it sucks to see how much they struggle to understand classes. The teachers usually speack to fast for them to understand and use to much slang. So unless they already know how to speak kinda well, it´s hard to keep up with classes. Oh yeah.. here you can get a meal for only mil (1.000) pesos. Funny thing is that mil and meal sound the same if you have an accent ;) I loved it. specially the part about how we speak. It´s true we can´t do without our muletillas (words someone tends to use a lot even though they are not necesary).

Even though Chile might be a great place to visit, and to learn about a new culture I don´t believe it’s great for college exchange students. I get a lot of gringo classmates every semester and it sucks to see how much they struggle to understand classes. The teachers usually speack to fast for them to understand and use to much slang. So unless they already know how to speak kinda well, it´s hard to keep up with classes.

Oh yeah.. here you can get a meal for only mil (1.000) pesos. Funny thing is that mil and meal sound the same if you have an accent ;)

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]]> By: 6 Bad Excuses Not To Study Abroad http://matadorabroad.com/10-reasons-to-base-your-study-abroad-experience-in-chile/comment-page-1/#comment-5423 6 Bad Excuses Not To Study Abroad Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:48:59 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=66#comment-5423 [...] interested in the conventional study abroad semester in Paris or Seville? Why not try Cyprus, Chile, or [...] [...] interested in the conventional study abroad semester in Paris or Seville? Why not try Cyprus, Chile, or [...]

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]]> 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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