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 Friends photo by luiswalk Did you ever wonder how Chino Ríos was related to tennis star Marcelo Ríos? Or what parents were thinking when they named their daughters Kena or Mane? Actually, Chile produced only one tennis-playing Ríos, and Kena and Mane’s parents gave their girls quite traditional names (María Eugenia and María Elena, respectively). [...]  Photo by constantin jurcut You may have noticed that downtown Santiago has a lot of strip clubs. Actually, most of the ones you’ve seen are probably cafés con piernas (“coffee with legs”), a type of coffee bar notable for its lack of tables and food, as well as its abundance of scantily-clad waitresses. This type [...] Isabel Allende, the Chilean author of novels such as La casa de los espíritus (The House of Spirits), De amor y de sombra (Of Love and Shadows) and Paula, spoke at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference in Monterey, California in March of 2007. Here’s the talk she gave, titled Tales of Passion.  Things to do in Chile before you die… or leave, never to return again. But how could you ever say you’re never coming back to Chile? This is an open article, meaning everybody writes it. The idea is to make the big list of the best of the best, unconstrained by the requirements of travel guide [...]  Celery figure with mayonnaise hair In Chile, mayonnaise is not just a condiment, it is an integral part of the local diet. Expect to see the better part of an aisle dedicated to it at the supermarket. Don’t be surprised if it matches or even exceeds the volume of avocado and sauerkraut on your [...]  Several expats appeared in Las Ultimas Noticias on August 17, 2009 discussing chilenismos: why they’re so animal-laden and how ridiculous they sound translated literally into English. The article is here: Gringas se matan de risa traduciendo chilenismos It references this post on the blog Cachando Chile: Chilean Spanglish Spoken Here: A Rooster from the Glue as well [...] |  
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