1.16.2011

Po-tae-to : Po-ta-to

En Chile : In the USA

Coca Cola Light : Diet Coca Cola

Round prongs : Flat head prongs

Flat round buns of white bread : Sliced up loaves of white bread
(in a paper bag) : (in a plastic bag)

Aji (spicy tomato sauce) : ketchup

San Francicso : Drum Stick
(boxed ice cream with cake in it)  (pre packaged ice cream cones)

Gouda : Velveeta 
(white sliced cheese: yellow sliced cheese)

Nescafe : Folgers 
It's almost impossible to find good coffee : It's quite difficult to find bad coffee
Cortado (1/2 of a latte) : Latte 

Completo : Hot Dog 
(with sliced tomato and mayo) : (with ketchup and mustard)
Italiano : Quarter Pounder
(thin sliced beef : thick pattie)

Lider : Wall Mart (Wall Mart owns Lider here)

Microbreweries!  : Microbreweries!
(A new trend!) : (I miss Wisconsin!)
Some German Heritage : Some German Heritage!

Bike lanes! (Also new in Santiago) : Bike lanes!  (I miss Madison)

Citroens and Toyotas : Fords and Toyotas

Lemon juice and olive oil with a pinch of salt : Ranch dressing

Besos : Kisses
Ciao! : Bye!

2 comments:

Laurie said...

And I'm sure Madison misses you! I know a bunch of us in Minnesota do (yah shur ya betcha!)

Unknown said...

What a neat comparison of things in Chile and things in the US. I can really follow it. IT makes sense too one thing isn't necessarily better then another just different.

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