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A view of the Falkland Islands by the British Consul in Uruguay
Katharine Felton writes the highlights of her one week experience in the archipelago. - Last week I visited the Falkland Islands for the first time - to learn more about the Islands and look at how their links with Uruguay, and vice versa, can be strengthened. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesbut Spanish is overheard regularly in the streets and shops,
Apr 16th, 2016 - 11:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0just an observant.
we need another small ship like RMS Darwin to reconnect Uruguay and the Faklands
Apr 16th, 2016 - 11:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0@1 “ but Spanish is overheard regularly in the streets and shops”
Apr 16th, 2016 - 12:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Could have something to do with the 200-some chilenos who live and work there.
“ just an observant.”
-- A what?
Obviously written with certain trade and cultural interests in mind, but there's so very much more to this little country out in the middle of the South Atlantic, peopled by a small population of hardy, resourceful and determined people living in a magnificent windswept archipelago. I visited two years ago and wrote http://www.alisonschwabe.com/weblog/?p=2731 but obviously meant to write more - but didn't. I'd love to go back.
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Apr 16th, 2016 - 01:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Nice commentary!
The presence of an Uruguayan consulate on the islands was surely a de facto recognition that the Falklans weren't a foreign territory?
Apr 16th, 2016 - 01:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@6 “The presence of an Uruguayan consulate on the islands was surely a de facto recognition that the Falklans weren't a foreign territory?”
Apr 16th, 2016 - 05:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Non sequitur. Lose a turn.
Some illogical remarks- well to me anyway!
Apr 16th, 2016 - 06:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 01- we have a sizeable number of folks of Chilean origen and birth- they speak English at work - not surprisingly they speak Spanish amongst themselves away from work!! Quite normal!
2 The old Ur Consulate here makes it very clear that at that time Ur regarded the Islands as Foreign- ie NOT Uruguayan territory!
Again surely quite normal! |After all they have Embassies in other larger foreign countries!
My IPad will keep correcting me in this case inserting a negative. So turn lost an d probably go back three squares?
Apr 16th, 2016 - 06:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Draw a propaganda card and spin again.
Apr 16th, 2016 - 06:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Seems to me to be going to extreme lengths to explain the bleeding obvious. If the Uruguayans want to improve trade and relations then they will or they won't, im not telling them about the wonderful fish n chips will make a difference.
Apr 16th, 2016 - 06:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Some illogical remarks- well to me anyway!
Apr 16th, 2016 - 06:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0but a fair question from ones who do not know these things,
remember if you don't ask, you never know,
now we know...
What's that I see fish and chips,...slice of lemon...looks like lime..tartar sauce and mushy peas....
Apr 16th, 2016 - 10:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What's wrong with vinegar...?
Speaking of fish and chips the sign says...
Twinned with Bram Stokers Whitby... he wrote Dracula whilst there...
Great little fishing village, but the 199 step ascent to the Abbey is a stretch...
Best selfie to take, standing on West Cliff under the whales jaw bones with the Abbey and St. Hildas in the background...
There's an Ammonite named after Hilda the Abbess...legend has it she turned a plague of snakes into stone and that's what the Ammonite looks like...
Voice's amazing guide to the UK for wannabe Brit's and such..that have never been...
You know who you are....;-)))))
“What's wrong with vinegar...?”
Apr 17th, 2016 - 08:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0If only life were so simple....
I'm an NBC person.
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2073657
PS - I have visited Whitby. Stayed in a cottage in KIln Yard at foot of steps. A week was 3 days too long ; )
Is Voice a Goth? Do they have Goths in Dunoon or only men in skirts? I have seen a male Goth in a black skirt at a gig in the ICA, so they do exist. Perhaps he escaped from Wave Gotik Treffen? Sock Puppet Think is from the dark side too.
Apr 17th, 2016 - 01:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Goth? More likely choripanero.
Apr 17th, 2016 - 04:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 016
Apr 17th, 2016 - 06:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Agreed
Very quiet today everybody must be out,
Apr 17th, 2016 - 06:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0no news,
except another incursion by a Spanish ship in Gibraltar,
Obamas is about to upset the Saudis,
The Falkland's government claims all of Argentina to expand its fish n chips,
CFK wants to visit the islands , Brazil has gone nuts, and so as the pope,
and merco bloggers are fast asleep
last but not least,
A view of the Falkland Islands , some of the best views in the south Atlantic.
so they say....
(13) & (14)
Apr 17th, 2016 - 06:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Don't you Think that the poor fish has been overfried a bit?
And don't get me started about them industrial frozen pommes frites under it....:-(
: )
Apr 17th, 2016 - 08:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@19. Ok Mr Think, what's your favourite recipe for the trout and sea runs you catch? A side dish of turnips perhaps?
Apr 17th, 2016 - 09:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Au bleu...
Apr 17th, 2016 - 09:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0A nice piece of flake!
Apr 17th, 2016 - 09:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Yep we eat shark and chips down under. Gunna miss my flake for a year. And potato cakes.... God yes.
Think is bessotted with an old trout! He 'thinks' the sun shines out of her arse. He faints during her speeches. Served up with a bit of beurre blanc she would still be too tough.
Apr 17th, 2016 - 10:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I thought she was an old Carp.
Apr 17th, 2016 - 10:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Poisonous anyway.
@13 Voice
Apr 17th, 2016 - 10:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0My word Mr Voice you must have jolly good eyesight if you can see St Hilda's (Catholic Church I assume you mean) through the whalebone arch whilst looking at the abbey as St Hild'a's is down by the station in the centre of town. Though it is interesting to note that the view of the abbey through the whalebown arch which you mention is on the wiki entry for Whitby.
By the way I don't think anyone has ever suggested that Mr Stoker actually 'wrote' Dracula whilst he was staying in Whitby as he was apparently only there for a short time to see if it was suitable for a family holiday. Even the plaque outside the hotel he stayed in doesn't suggest that.
Darragh's amazing guide to the UK for Voice who has never been there
Cue, Voice/Think obfuscation, deflection, offensiveness etc.
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Apr 18th, 2016 - 02:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0huh...I meant that church in front of the abbey....St. Marys
http://www.freeimageslive.co.uk/free_stock_image/whalebone-arch-jpg
Stoker was there over a month and did all the local research...
Are you trying to say he never wrote anything in a month....
“Stoker took rooms at 6 Royal Crescent; his wife Florence and son Noel would join him in August”
Talking to the old salts on the harbour and mooching around the churchyard up on the East Cliff, Stoker assembled a catalogue of local myths and stories that are recognisable to anyone familiar with the Dracula story. In the novel, the count comes ashore when a Russian schooner, the Demeter, runs aground, all hands lost. This was based on a real event in 1885: a ship – the Dmitry – was beached on Tate Hill Sands.
“In the book,” says Collett, “Dracula runs ashore as a black dog. This is based on another legend Stoker would have heard about a dark hound – a story brought over by the vikings. And the black coach that later takes Jonathan Harker to Castle Dracula was taken from a local story about the lord of Mulgrave Castle, who used to take to a black coach that rattled down the road when he was on his way to court Elizabeth Cholmeley.”
That'a priceless....you admitted going on Wiki to look up Whitby....;-))))))
Could anyone trust an Irish guide to the UK...
Just look at the Irish guide to medical terms....
Artery - The study of painting
Bacteria - Back door to a cafeteria
Barium - What undertakers do when the doctors treatment fails
Bowel - a letter like A,E,I,O or U
Caesarian Section - A district in Rome
Cat scan - Searching for lost kitty
Cauterise - Made eye contact with her
Colic - a sheep dog
Coma - Punctuation mark
Congenital - Friendly
D & C - Where washington is
Dilate - To live long
Enima - Not a friend
Genital - Not jewish
GI Series - Soldier ball game
Grippe - suitcase
Hangnail - Coat hook
Hangnail - Coat hook
Impotent - Distinguished, well known
Labor pain - Getting hurt at work
etc...
Voice,
Apr 18th, 2016 - 02:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0That's a long post... and all of it irrelevant and off-topic.
Looking for attention?
Feeling left out??
Wow Voice didn't realise you were that racist.... usually you don't stoop so low.
Apr 18th, 2016 - 09:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0If you had spent anytime in the UK Skip....you would know that taking the piss out of the Irish is not racist...it's a national pastime...
Apr 18th, 2016 - 10:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0...and mandatory...
There is another equally valid claimant to the location which inspired Bram Stoker's book.
Apr 18th, 2016 - 10:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0“Slains Castle is one of the most popular castles in Scotland, perhaps most famously for its association with Bram Stoker. While on holiday at Cruden Bay in 1895, Bram Stoker started work on his most famous book, Dracula. Slains Castle became the inspiration for Count Dracula's castle, and in early versions of the book the count even came ashore to UK at Cruden Bay.”
See also:-
kilmarnockarms.com/bram-stoker-kilmarnock-arms-hotel.html.
The BBC ran a program about the location which inspired the book and came down on the side of Slains Castle and Dunnottar.
@29
Apr 18th, 2016 - 10:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0I'm surprised at your assertion of racism. Definition wordplay is a Brit tradition. On BBC radio 4 there is a long running iconic panel gameshow, having a segment devoted to such - a few examples.
Some definitions from the Radio 4 Sorry I Haven't A Clue radio show :
Abacus - Swedish swear word
Bustard - very rude ominbus driver
Caberet - wide range of taxis for hire
Chairs - toast by the Queen
Childhood - young gangster
Dandelion - camp Big Cat
Delight - make things go darker
Descant - white collar ant
Doughnut - eccentric millionaire
Equip - joke online
Extemporary - permanent
Fondue - affectionate sheep
Granary - old folks' home
Hirsute - ladies clothing
Inhabit - dressed as a monk
Intense - camping
Investment - thermal underwear for bankers
Ketchup - posh word for drawing level
Khaki - device for starting car
Laminated - pregnant sheep
Loofah - outdoor loo
Marinade - soft drink for wedding
Microbe - tiny dressing gown
Minimal - small shopping centre
Mucus - feline swear word
Mutate - feline art gallery
Negligent - Male lingerie
Neighbourhood - gangster next door
Notable - full restaurant
Overrate - nine
Paradox - two medics
Parasites - view from Eiffel Tower
Plantiff - argument with stewardess
Posterity - inherited botom size
Property - decent cuppa
Quadrant - four people shouting
Ramshackle - male chastity belf
Rugger- wearing a iwg
Scandal - footwear to be ashamed of
Tannoy - annot loudly
Xenophobia - fear of Buddhists
And one especially for you : )
Escalator - An Australian word meaning to delay the questioning of a lady.
@30 “ you would know that taking the piss out of the Irish is not racist...it's a national pastime...
Apr 18th, 2016 - 12:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0...and mandatory...”
-- And now considered sophomoric and low class
@27
Apr 18th, 2016 - 12:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0QED - obfuscation, deflection, offensiveness etc.
Well that seemed to twist your knicker elastic didn't it. Although I note that you don't deny my assertion that you have never visited the UK.
Why the need for racist comments and stereotypes just because I pointed out the inconsistencies in your story.
Irish jokes are not peculiar to the UK either. The self-same jokes that you used to hear in the UK about Irishmen were told by Dubbers and others about Kerrymen not to mention by Americans about Poles or Spaniards about South Americans.
At least you admitted that you couldn't see St Hilda's from the arch.
You can't write a book the length of Dracula in a month or two or six or more.
The early editions of Dracula show that he made reference to 30 odd books probably at the British Library - books almost certainly not available in Whitby at the time.
It is also interesting to note that the original manuscript complete with notes and corrections in Stoker's hand writing turned up in a farmhouse in (if memory serves) Pennsylvania. Stoker travelled widely in the US as Irving's secretary and apparently knew Teddy Roosevelt amongst other US politicians so perhaps and I only say perhaps a lot of the novel was written on his travels.
Oh by the way you forgot to mention that Stoker was himself Irish.
33
Apr 18th, 2016 - 01:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0...and taking the piss out of Argentines is considered high class I suppose...
Gosh that would almost make you a Lord....
(33 :-)
Apr 18th, 2016 - 01:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@35 Some boludos are more deserving of proper characterisation than others.
Apr 18th, 2016 - 04:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0(37) Anglo Turnip...
Apr 18th, 2016 - 04:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Judging by the number of nicks them micks have gotten from the poms..., there's no one more deserving that them cat-lick carrot topped fenian paddys...
@30 voice
Apr 19th, 2016 - 02:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0sure... might have been thought to be funny, but it was only meant to be derogatory and snide.
The UK will return the Malvinas within 25 years.
Apr 19th, 2016 - 02:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0Dear Hepatia-40.- do learn some maths love! You have been predicting this for 2 years now - and surely even in downtrodden Argentina you learn how to do subtractions? 25 - 2 = 23 dear!
Apr 19th, 2016 - 12:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Hope you are till posting on here in 23 years time- would love your explanation then!
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Apr 19th, 2016 - 12:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Derogatory and snide...
If you were British you would realise that derogatory and snide IS British humour...
...but alas you are not....
Check out the stand up at the Apollo for verification...
I am doing some research on Samuel Fisher Lafone, a man with his finger in many pies, one of which was the Falklands. He aware nth purchased most of east Falkland which he called Lafonia from Queen Victoria for 60,000 pounds. His company became eventually the Falkland Islans Company. He also bought what is now Punta del Este in Uruguay with the idea of making the principal port of Uruguay with a steamer connection to Breton Loch in the Falklands through which he imported large quantities of Sheep and cattle. His port on the Isla Gorriti (PdelE) was to serve as a coaling station with fortifications to which Argentina strongly objected. Any info on his Falkland connections would be much appreciated
Apr 19th, 2016 - 03:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@42 voice
Apr 19th, 2016 - 03:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I know full well about British humour, thank you.
I'm sure you were/are the object of much of it, if you ever lived there.
http://en.mercopress.com/2016/04/16/a-view-of-the-falkland-islands-by-the-british-consul-in-uruguay#comment438090:
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@45
Apr 21st, 2016 - 03:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0You must be “germanbondholder”
Right?
Just found the details of a comedy film recently made in Argentina.
Apr 21st, 2016 - 04:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1888983-de-malvinas-al-exilio-argentino
#47
Apr 21st, 2016 - 07:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And this is the brainwashed crap they feed to their children.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uQ5m2k2x7E
Great... using their children and Islander children in propaganda films.
Apr 21st, 2016 - 08:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0#49
Apr 22nd, 2016 - 09:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0And here is another , even more sickening !
www.youtube.com/watch?v=58wl5VMZDYo
@47
Apr 22nd, 2016 - 02:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0As it appears to have Alex Betts in it who wrote to the Penguin News protesting against Argentina occupying Southern Thule then it must be a comedy. I assume he is smoking an hallucinogen.
@48
Couldn't make out the jibber jabber but presume indoctrination took place. Hilarious at the start prior to the trip where the kids appear to be falling asleep. Then in the Falklands, there are the shots of the minefields, “Theee iiinglish laid theseee minesss to stop us escaping.” Then the black cat that went to greet them had a kick aimed at it, but had there been 5 cats, what's the bet the white flags would have emerged? And to be a fly on the wall when they view the correct history of the Falklands followed by that film that basically outlines what the Islanders thought of their occupiers, and the look on their faces when the pictures of the paras liberating the residents of Goose Green emerged. “ The Kelpers were locked up for their own safety with only one toilet and limited food, plus other deprivations against the Geneva Convention, whilst our glorious troops crapped everywhere BUT the toilets. It was not however our fault, nothing ever is.” I'm surprised they allowed the shots of the Falkland Flags to remain in the film. By the looks of most of the kids dressed up for the cold in what looked as I remember warm weather for the Falklands, near Cape Pembroke Lighthouse I bet they wanted to escape the wind while their teachers jabbered away. After speaking to some locals ,one of the Argy kids spurted out “Falklands” but I get the impression that that language was not tolerated any further. “But teacher, we can't see the word Malvinas anywhere?”
“Kids, how many times do we have to tell you, if you repeat a lie enough times, it becomes the truth.”
@50
Prime evidence for the C24 this summer. Argentine style-if you can't prove anything-make it up.
@50 Clyde
Apr 23rd, 2016 - 12:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0Sickening indeed.
I understand Marcos' and Enrique's imdignation now.
How can we ever convince them that these are not real people and not real events?
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