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Falklands' war: Chilean top commentator defends Chile's role in supporting UK
Only a few hours off from Saturday's last match of the 2015 Copa America when the best South American team will emerge, the rivalry between finalists Argentina and hosts Chile has erupted strongly and the Falkland Islands' issue is not absent from aggressive chants and insulting messages in the social networks. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesChile couldn't support Argentina because according to most Argentineans, dealing and supporting military juntas is unacceptable.
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 07:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0Or does that only apply to the west? So hard to keep up with the logic sometimes.
The truth will always come to the surface - bravo, Bernardo de la Maza!
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 08:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0This is particularly true when it comes to a song in which the Argentine fans accuse their Chilean counterparts of treason for having supported the British during the South Atlantic conflict in 1982.
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 09:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0How can Chilean's be accused of treason against the junta of TDC? The RGs beggar belief because someone WILL stand up for their rights against the brutal colonialist nutters next door.
Three little words,
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 09:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0and one big impact-
That you Chile...............
The logic of course betrays the Argentine lies.
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 10:40 am - Link - Report abuse 0if Chile are traitors for supporting Britain..then of course the logic says they should have supported Argentina.
If they should have supported Argentina...then the logic says the Argentine invasion was right and valid
if the Argentine invasion was right and valid in 1982...then the logic suggests it would be equally right and valid in 2015.
the logic then suggests most Argentines would support another invasion if they believed they had any chance of winning.
#5 well said. Argentina appears to have a split personality. defence minister says the would invade if not for the Garrison in Falklands then the Goverment says publicly it will never use force.
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 11:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0A judge says Falklands has broken the law and then encourages the kidnap of property and people
The populace scream and condem the Junta as criminals and trators and then accuses another country cowdarnice for not supporting that Juntas actions.
Is it schizophrenia or Narcasism or both
Exactly so #5, as Arturo Puricelli said (in complaining about the UK defence of the Islands) the only reason we are not there now is because of the defence.
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 11:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0Don't believe all this self righteous sanctimonious sh“one”t about a zone of peace. If they could be here they would be here.
@5 Monkeymagic,
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 11:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0Oh most decidedly they would definitely support another invasion.
lmo, they will attempt another invasion.
They cannot be trusted,
You only have to read the malvinista posts on here.
We must never drop our guard.
Do argies have a different definition of treason than the rest of the world? Of course they do. They are little different to muslims who are “loyal” to their cult rather than to the country in which they reside. Made worse when they come pleading for “hospitality” and then abuse it. Argies have a particularly repugnant attitude. Everyone in SoAm is supposed to support them. However, for the most part, they only support themselves. Let's take some simple instances. Uruguay. Argies interfere in domestic affairs by, for instance, refusing to repatriate its own currency after it having been exchanged. An act that could also be characterised as fraud. Bullying, not only in respect of the pulp mills, but also undermining Uruguay's trade with its illegitimate actions against Uruguay's ports. Then there's Paraguay. Not content with illegitimately arranging for Paraguay's suspension from mercosur and unasur, argies are inconsiderately moving a nuclear facility, without consultation, to the Paraguayan border. The aim to “conquer” Chilean territory. It even holds back the proper countries of mercosur from trade agreements for its own benefit. Only one conclusion. It's that argies believe that, somehow, they are the “master race”. Watch them. Watch for the difference between argies and nazis. Can you find any?
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 11:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0Viva Chile, a stunningly beautiful civilised country inhabited by nice people.
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 01:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@9
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 01:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Conky..how can you be so stupid in your elderly people? It's quite clear that you wasted your life. A retired person whiout brain.
This stupid sport commentator made the terrible mistake of fueling old differencies to mix them with sports. Quite a nazi attitude. Someting not so strange for those who supported Pinochet.
I was having dinner with some Chileans in Russia last week and they seemed very pleased about having helped us beat the Argentines in The Falklands War. One ventured that they really beat the Argentines with a little help from us. :) I let that one slide……..
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 01:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@11 pgerman
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 01:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Next time READ the article before posting and making my a fool of yourself.
The commentator in question is a POLITICAL commentator NOT a sports commentator.
The only ones mixing old fueds with sports are Argentines. And Chile has every right to expose Argentine LIES and HATRED.
@11
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 02:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I see. So it's not a terrible mistake for Argentine football fans to be singing a song calling Chileans traitors, but it's a terrible mistake for a Chilean political commentator to defend Chile from the charge.
Next thing you know, you'll be claiming it was a war crime to sink the Belgrano.
it seems this ass-licker bernardo me trago la maza is another imbecile who confuses sports with political / diplomatic issues, or even worse with a war.
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 03:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0maybe this imbecile (who the fuck is this fly-weight, by the way?) should listen to a sensitive, intelligent argentine player like javier mascherano:
“No tenemos que meter a la gente en la política porque somos países hermanos. Esto es un deporte y hay que tomarlo como un divertimento y no como una guerra. Ojalá que todos entiendan esto”,
bernardo me trago la maza, vidal the drunken and jara the faggot...chilotelandia is well represented.
Bravissimo Bernardo de la Maza!
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 03:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No. 1. Yes, Chile was dead right in helping the UK defeating Argentina's war of aggression against the free Falkland Islands.
2. Had Argentina's armies of operetta invaded Chile in December 1978, they
would have been defeated by well-trained armies who knew what they were
trained for, and why!
PS. A good reference: Argentine General Martin Balza's writings.
Philippe
Both Chile and the UK have cooperated on highly critical operations since 1978 until presently.
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 05:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 015@ If you watch the videos with the Argentine fans sons you clearly will gear the offenses they have made to Chilean people.....even the song was to support a sport team......first they told us traitors dor our support to UK and Falklanders and after aobout our death people from the earthqake & tsunami on 2010......very friendly neighbors, don´t you think (if you can think mononeuronal brain, of course)....??? And, considering they are guest in the championship host country it's twice serious their behaviour......
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 06:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0But, I can recognize it, some players from Argentine team have been very polite and have expresed peaceful words inviting to both teams fans to have a good behaviour before, during and after the match as it´s just a meter of sport not a war..... Mr. Mascherano is one of those gentlemen.......as much as very good player.....So hope the best be the winner......and if the winner is the Chilean team better, of course......
On the other side, Mr. de la Maza is one of the best journalistn from Chile as Mr. Lanata is in Argentina, and he just refuted the wrong concept from those Argentine hooligans that bullyied us with their songs......Fortunately, this fans were just a little hatred bunch, cause the most Argentine fans are very nice people.....
As it has already been pointed out, if Argentina had beaten the British, then Chile would almost certainly have been next.
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 06:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0now as we know, they failed, but the hatred and the conniving thieves still try everything they can to steal them,
proving that leopard's don't change there spots,
the point being that Argentina may well still have design's on Chile, if that chance every cropped up again.
just saying like.
18
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 06:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0you are not too bright, are you?
how can you, retarded one, compare what a pair of hooligans sing and what a “journalist” says in front of a camera?
and even more pathetic, making an ultra-nationalist editorial of that.
it would be as watching lanata making an editorial because the chilenos whistle the argentine anthem and mixing that with the guerra de malvinas.
only an imbecile like this journo.
not a surprise the chilotes are proud of the player who put his finger in cavanis ass
I note they have let the retard out of his straight jacket again, Yawnnn...
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 06:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@ 11 P German
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 07:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Riles a bit does it Conqueror suggesting the argies are Nazi's? I bet it does with a tag like P GERMAN. What do you think Peron was other than a fascist and a whore lover? I bet he couldn't get a decent Argentine woman with the views he held whereas sluts don't GAF, literally, do they?.
Now be a good numb-nut and take a flying leap down some dark cesspit. I know, why don't you go to the cesspit that is Argentina instead of hiding in Canada and do us all a favour.
@ 9 Conqueror.
Good post.
How much money this guy Bernardo received from England to do this Nazi “propaganda”? In other words this man is more a Chilean traitor.
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 07:52 pm - Link - Report abuse -1Poor Chile.
Brasshole, just face up to it. Britain and Chile are allies and they share a common problem. After all the advice and assistance we have given Brazil with preparing for the Olympics we expect you to be more grateful like your government.
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 08:17 pm - Link - Report abuse +123 Brasileiro
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 08:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Ah ha! proof-less, with the usual fallacies, an “argument by assertion” and an “argumentum ad hominem”. Such an assertion only proves what a dummy you are.
“Falklands' war: Chilean top commentator defends Chile's role in supporting UK”
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 08:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0In my opinion, Chile doesn't have to defend anything. It was merely one friend helping out another in a time of need.
What did the USA call the “Lend Lease” program in WWII? oh yeah, that's right they said that they were “Lending their neighbour a garden hose to fight a house fire”.
We here in the UK salute our Brothers and Sisters in Chile and thank them for their support and their friendship. Long may it continue. Over time, I hope that we can in some way pay them back for all the kindness and support they have shown us.
Regards and best wishes
from the UK.
P.S:- Can you please do something about your neighbour? All that noise from across the Andes, it must get on your nerves after a while huh?
argentina admitted they had plans to go after chile after the falklands. So why would chile support Argentina.
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 08:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Chilean hooligans had there own chant along the lines of you ran away because your gay cowards:)
@27
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 08:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Just cowards Martin, most gay men and women are far from cowardly!
Chile had a simple choice, back a winner or a loser.
11 pgerman
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 09:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Conky..how can you be so stupid in your elderly people?”
Aaaahhhh but pgerman, Conks is our first line attack weapon. Our WMD. We send him in first to destroy you with reason and THE TRUTH.
I take it from your response that you don't like the truth that much then? Not to worry, I heard it said that Conks was once in Education, don't you know? His job? Teaching the slow learning / low IQ / retarded types.
Thus all of his teaching techniques have stood him in good stead to deal with the La Kampora posters on here.
How effective is he? well, he certainly hit the mark didn't he? One post and he's got you all riled up............. Nice one Conqueror!!
The Chilean commentator is right and any Argentine that says it was treasonous just has no clue about how international geopolitics works. Of course the Chileans were afraid of the unpredictable Junta. And of course if they had already threatened my country and then gone to war with another country, I would probably cozy up with the enemy of my enemy.
Jul 03rd, 2015 - 10:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0That's why I never have questioned Britain-Chile friendship. I don't even question Uruguay-Britain friendship.
The UK and any country in Latin America has the right to have perfectly good relations and Argentina has nothing to interfere in those.
HOWEVER, it is also unnaceptable that other countries in Latin America or the United States call for Argentina to warm relations with the UK, that is just as unnaceptable and will never happen. Because the UK has been an enemy of Argentina for 200 years, which is totally different from all the other countries in the Western Hemisphere. We are the only country they attacked and blockaded without provocation.
A call isn't a demand.
Jul 04th, 2015 - 06:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0And try to get over events from two centuries ago. It's juvenile and boring.
@30
Jul 04th, 2015 - 07:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0If we have to go back as 200 years as you do , what is your thoughts on your ancestors ( Spanish Invaders and Pirates ) murdering and plundering the indigenous population that were living there. We ( in the west ) have moved on from then, why don't you and your kind? Grow a pair of balls.
30 The_troLLimpic_games
Jul 04th, 2015 - 07:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0“And of course if they had already threatened my country and then gone to war with another country”
“my country” LOLZ!!
It's all about you isn't it Tobi? Still playing the victim I see. argentina has been around long before you were born and it will be around long after you have gone.
Will it still be “my country” then?
What about the 40 odd million people who live there? Do they know that agentina is yours and not theirs?
@32
Jul 04th, 2015 - 12:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You have moved on? That's funny, because it is yet another Anglo lie.
The UK still has ACTIVE colonial ambitions in territories that have no ”self-determination on the line, in 2015. Anglo lie after anglo lie, per usual.
@33
What?
I was putting myself in the situation of the Chileans, in that specific instance.
Anyways, the main point is kick out all UK diplomacy and organizations, no more pretending there is any chance at dialogue or exchange because there will never be. Unlike the loser Ozzer, a very few things in life can never be forgiven. Murder and an unprovoked attack on one's country are two of those things.
The UK still has ACTIVE colonial ambitions in territories that have no ”self-determination on the line, in 2015.
Jul 04th, 2015 - 06:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Can you name these territories that the UK wishes to colonies,
thanks.
Chile won Copa America, Argentina lost.
Jul 04th, 2015 - 11:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Well, I'm not glad that Chile won, mainly because of Jara's sexual harassment of Cavani. Chile could have beaten Uruguay without stooping to such antics. On the other hand, I'm delighted that Argentina lost.
Jul 05th, 2015 - 05:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0Anyway, my congratulations to the Chileans on this forum.
36
Jul 05th, 2015 - 02:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0imbecile
argentina won the copa america 14 times
chilotelandia....1
and it was, by chance, when they organized it.
not to mention that argentina won 2 world cups and reached the finals 5 times.
the only way chilotelandia could win it was because they have an argentine coach and because all the refs played for them.
dirty chilotes
38@ All the cups won by Argentina were when you had the “great nfluence” (saying it as soft as it´s possible) inside the FIFA & COMBEBOL, when the head of this grouping decided who will wein any competition......
Jul 05th, 2015 - 04:12 pm - Link - Report abuse -1Now, with FIFA & CONMRBOL under investigation the Mafia didn´t work.....
So, for you ......the best friend of us the CHILOTES I have a humble gift to be enjoyed with your family and friends there.......
http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/deportes/copa-america/chile-2015/una-mirada-alternativa-al-penal-de-sanchez-que-le-dio-el-triunfo-a-chile/2015-07-05/120101.html
http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/deportes/copa-america/chile-2015/una-mirada-alternativa-al-penal-de-sanchez-que-le-dio-el-triunfo-a-chile/2015-07-05/120101.html
http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/deportes/copa-america/chile-2015/una-mirada-alternativa-al-penal-de-sanchez-que-le-dio-el-triunfo-a-chile/2015-07-05/120101.html
Que se siente, chéeeee.......!!!! How it feels, cheeeeee.....???
Thought the “mate & facturas” had tasted much bitter form you today........!!!!
Please, take care, don´t bite your tongue , cause you can die poisoned.....!!!
@38
Jul 05th, 2015 - 05:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Awww poor you, couldn't Argentina afford to bribe the officials this year? (unlike on the 14 occasions you 'won'), I guess they'd only accept cash rather than empty promises eh?
@38 paulcedron II
Jul 05th, 2015 - 06:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Things must be getting really tough in Argentina, if you can no longer even scrape together enough USD to bribe your way to victory in a tournament.
I mean, it’s not like it costs that much in hard currency to do that down there, right.
Just let me crow a little.
Jul 05th, 2015 - 09:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Uruguay = 15 copas (even though we can't afford to bribe anyone)
Argentina = 14 (still trying to catch up, bribes notwithstanding)
Chile = 1 (which is more than they had a week ago!)
Paulie- I will give Argentina, s football team one thing - they are nearly as bad(but perhaps not quite as bad) as England at taking penalties in a shoot out!
Jul 05th, 2015 - 10:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 041 Pugol-H
Jul 05th, 2015 - 11:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The GG was perfectly correct in his constitutional action. To any who are following this issue, in a parliamentary democracy it is the role of the monarch, or their representative in the role of a Governor General or Lieutenant Governor to act as a constitutional referee; in the event of a political impasse. It is I believe, the only actual power the monarchy has retained.
Kerr’s Statement Of Reasons Nov 11, 1975
“Because of the federal nature of our Constitution and because of its provisions the Senate undoubtedly has constitutional power to refuse or defer supply to the Government. ... ...The position in Australia is quite different from a position in the United Kingdom. Here the confidence of both Houses on supply is necessary to ensure its provision. In United Kingdom the confidence of the House of Commons alone is necessary.” http://whitlamdismissal.com/1975/11/11/kerr-statement-of-reasons.html
@ 26 “We here in the UK salute our Brothers and Sisters in Chile and thank them for their support and their friendship. Long it may continue. Over time, I hope that we can in some way pay them back for all the kindness and support they have shown us”.
Jul 06th, 2015 - 01:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0It´s always a pleasure to find such a delicate conscience as yours. But let me appease its scruples. One of the best members of the British body, Her Majesty Justice has ALREADY repayed that sacred debt -there, in the UK- in the most fitting person, place and manner : with kick after kick in general Pinochet´s fat arse, during what he thought was his “friendly” visit to your country. That mammoth humiliation to this scoundrel and thief , inflicted on his bird-jail person and on all your “Brothers and Sisters”, have shown the way Old England deals with her cipays, once they have become useless for her. (By the way, one of his admirable characteristics). You can ask your “Brothers and Sisters” how much they have enjoyed that crack of the whip of UK scorn on their envious faces. (Please, bwana, one more..!)
@45 argfellow,
Jul 06th, 2015 - 08:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0That is correct.
Don't you become useful to us or we'll also dump you when we're done with you.
On second thoughts, we could still use you by selling your organs to hospitals.
So l suppose you would be some use.
Your remains could be made into fertilizer.
Please look after your organs, er l mean, yourself.
lets see my dear chilotes and bennys:
Jul 06th, 2015 - 02:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0argentina and chile have played 81 times.
argentina won 53 (FIFTY-THREE) times, scoring 176 goals.
chilotelandia won 6 (SIX) times
and there were 22 draws.
try to face it, chilotes.
you are the permanent losers.
@47 paulcedron
Jul 06th, 2015 - 02:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0But you lost the last one, yes.
What was it, oh yes (Chile beat Argentina on penalties 4-1, winning the Copa América.), thank you Chicureo for that priceless info for Cedron Baiting.
And with no money for bribes, it doesn’t look like you will be winning anymore any time soon, does it?
@47
Jul 06th, 2015 - 03:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0While we're talking about sporting prowess: How about the Falklands Ice hockey teams debut eh? Thrashed Argentina, not bad for a country with only 3000 inhabitants and no ice rink eh?
You Agries...if you can't bribe or cheat in some other way you couldn't beat a donkey with no legs in an arse kicking competition.
http://thehockeyhouse.net/international-hockey/falkland-islands-win-copa-invernada-in-ice-hockey-tournament-debut/
Well done, Falklands. I'd love to see you beat Argentina at soccer too.
Jul 06th, 2015 - 10:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@48
Jul 06th, 2015 - 10:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0So I guess Argentina didn't win the Copa because we have no money. Are you implying that Chile did win the copa because they have some more green?
Interesting thought.
ice hockey...lol
Jul 06th, 2015 - 10:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0LOL
all due respect, but who the fuck cares about that sissy sport?
@52
Jul 06th, 2015 - 11:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You cared enough to reply Paul, and if it's a sissy sport and you still get whipped at it then what does that make you lot eh?
52 paulcedron II “ice hockey... ... that sissy sport” I always knew you didn't know your ass from a hole in the ground, thanks for the confirmation. You've obviously never seen NHL play-off game where when the players inevitably get irked with the rigors of one of the most physical games world, man-up and go for a good old punch up. No fingers up the but or biting, or dives, which means you wouldn't be able to play it
Jul 07th, 2015 - 12:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0Terence @ 54
Jul 07th, 2015 - 12:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0Actually I believe fingers up the but is a Chilean thing, and biting Uruguayan.
I once watched an ice hockey match in Canada and it struck me as quite violent.
It's only a 'sissy sport' because Argentina got whipped, if they'd won Paul would be crowing all about it.
Jul 07th, 2015 - 02:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0@50
Jul 07th, 2015 - 02:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0Soccer? What the hell kind of sport is that? Do they play “soccer” wherever you are from?
Please tell me about it. I'd really like to learn.
57 Tarquin Fin
Jul 07th, 2015 - 02:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0soccer |ˈsɒkə|
noun
a game played by two teams of eleven players with a round ball that may not be touched with the hands or arms during play except by the goalkeepers. The object of the game is to score goals by kicking or heading the ball into the opponents' goal.
ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from a shortening of Association Football + an extended use of -er 1
@46 Isolde : “Don´t become useful to us, or we´ll also dump you when we´re done with you”.
Jul 07th, 2015 - 03:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0My dear madam, I´ve never suspected esencial affinities between Sir Tristram and Sir Conqueror, as your attitude suggests. But I, for sure, have never been useful to the United Kingdom, as the role of British cipay seldom befits an Argentine, as it exceedingly does; in the case of some of his neighbours
@59 argfellow,
Jul 07th, 2015 - 10:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0Just a friendly, neighbourly piece of advice, lol.
After all, what are neighbours for?
Wouldn't like to see you just tossed aside like an old oil-soaked rag, when your usefulness has ended.
But if you want to walk into the Lion's den, then who am l to dissuade you.
Cheers.
but...dear imbeciles, that dragones de rio grande is not the argentine team.
Jul 07th, 2015 - 10:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0it is just an unknown little club.
and that “malvinas team” was formed by english, american and chilote players.
not even 1 isleteer there....lol
as i said many times, you lot are useless.
Malvinas team? who're they?
Jul 07th, 2015 - 11:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0@51 Tarquin Fin
Jul 07th, 2015 - 03:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0As far as Paulito is concerned, when Argentina lose it is because of no money for bribes.
When Chile win it is because of the skill, dedication, courage etc, etc etc of the players.
And because of the supporters who sing far more insulting and abusive songs.
@59 argfellow
You never know, a turban might look good on you, cover up the baldness.
Not sure it would be safe to let you handle a Bunduk though.
Some marching up and down perhaps?
@63 Pugol-H
Jul 07th, 2015 - 10:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I kind of see your point. However I thought that Paul was supporting the idea that Chile bribed and Argentina didn't.
Anyway, it's over now and whatever happened it was clear to me that Chile's team had far more attitude, conviction and faith.
The UK will return the Malvinas within the next 25 years.
Jul 08th, 2015 - 02:25 am - Link - Report abuse 065 Hepatia
Jul 08th, 2015 - 02:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0You will continue to suffer from Delusional disorder as long as you fail to take your meds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delusional_disorder
“He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.” Edgar R. Fiedler
@58
Jul 08th, 2015 - 03:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0That sounds terrible close to football.
67 Tarquin Fin
Jul 08th, 2015 - 10:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0Football from a shortening of Association Football
Did anyone pay attention to the Woman's World Cup? USA won!
Jul 08th, 2015 - 12:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The CA was never broadcasted here only the woman's and that's what counts!
@64 Tarquin Fin
Jul 08th, 2015 - 04:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Let me re-phrase: As far as talking to Paulito is concerned…..Argy BAD, corrupt etc, everything everybody else GOOD.
You may have had Messi but they had a plan and they stuck to it.
N.B. The term Soccer hasn’t really been used in the UK much since probably the 1950’s, these days it is used by the Americans to whom Football is a very different game.
@65 Hepatia
No, it’s now 23 years and counting, remember you have been saying it for two years already.
@65
Jul 08th, 2015 - 05:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You already have 'The Malvinas', those fantasy islands that exist only on paper and in your imagination, you're welcome to them.
We'll keep the real thing, the Falkland Islands.
71 Whatever.com
Jul 08th, 2015 - 07:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Great post there.
Much LOLZ
The only thing I would correct you on in the whole of your ( excellent ) put down is that you forgot the capital “T” in the. it should read:-
The Falkland Islands
As befitting our most honoured Brothers and Sisters in the South Atlantic. Who, just by being there, provide us in the UK with much merriment whilst at the same time, giving La Kampora, the argentine government and the Malvinasist such a headache.
Now that really is multitasking, wouldn't you say?
@70
Jul 09th, 2015 - 02:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Yes, I understand that. I know what soccer refers to. However I found it strange that Uruguayan “ynsere” uses that word instead of football.
Tarquin @ 73 and Pugol @ 70
Jul 09th, 2015 - 04:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I'm sure you're right about use of the word “soccer” in Britain nowadays. I probably it because I read several US papers/magazines and am in contact with Americans here in Punta del Este. I'm not British, and I don't live in Britain. I only visit every two or three years. However, I'm certain that in my college days in London (late 60s and early 70s), “soccer” was in common use among Brits.
However, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, and Uruguay has won 15 world cups as compared to Argentina's 14 and Chile's 1.
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