12) People here add "ito" onto words a lot. Like a "tazita" (little cup) of tea or "un poquito" (poco = little, so poco + ito means tiny) of some food.
13) When they say "un poquito," it doesn't actually mean a tiny bit. It means A LOT. Like when one of my friends ordered a sandwich with "un poquito" of mayonnaise, and the sandwich came slathered with mayonnaise.
14) Moderation and mayonnaise do not go together here.
15) My cell phone company (Entel PCS) sent me a text message offering to send me a text message every time Chile scores in the Chile v. Argentina soccer game (price 35 pesos). It's not clear why anyone who would care would not already be at the game and therefore aware of the score.
16) The conversion of pesos to dollars is 500 to 1. So when you see 2000, move the decimal over three to get 2, and then multiply by 2 to get $4. Also, they still make 1 peso coins, even though they are worth 1/5 of a penny.
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Best line ever! Moderation and mayonnaise do not go together! Haha. How's the workload been? Have you been doing anything fun and/or social?
I went shopping with my host mom and host sister this weekend... But apart from that I have been doing homework because my workload has started to pick up. Midterms next week!
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