"mate"-ing in Argentina

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Jan 26th, 2006, 04:31 PM

travellerfromDC

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"mate"-ing in Argentina

I have to share this funny typo with you guys.
When I was surfing the net for information about the Perito Moreno glacier, I came across a description of guides who will take you to the glacier and wait for you during the mini-trek. The article said that while they are waiting, the guides "drink, mate and sleep."
Ah, what a difference a single comma can make!

Jan 26th, 2006, 04:34 PM

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oops - I forgot to mention, for those of you who don't know, that "mate" is a strong, bitter tea that is popular in Patagonia (and throughout Argentina).

Feb 5th, 2006, 12:01 PM

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good one...mate has an accent, too, no?

Feb 5th, 2006, 12:55 PM

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Yes, but I can't figure out how to inflections on my computer!

Feb 5th, 2006, 01:32 PM

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"Mate" (the drink) does NOT have an accent. "Maté" would be the past tense of "matar" (to kill).

Feb 6th, 2006, 04:43 AM

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Despite the niggly details about punctuation, the original post was pretty hysterical. Thanks for brightening up my day!

Feb 6th, 2006, 06:01 AM

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Very funny. I saw several good looking Argentinians in BA that I would be happy to "mate" with!!!

Feb 6th, 2006, 06:58 AM

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We had <i>mate de coca</i>, a coca based drink for altitude sickness, in Peru.

You could have mate and then mate with your mate.

Feb 6th, 2006, 08:17 AM

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Right, mate!

Feb 6th, 2006, 09:17 AM

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As an off-topic aside, I was informed by email that in order to authorize a third party to pick up my Olympic tickets, I had to FAKE a copy of my passport...this from a government agency!

Feb 6th, 2006, 10:13 AM

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Hi, SharonG!

Did you try mate when you were in BA?

Do you know everybody sips from the same "bombilla" (a sort of metal straw)?

Feb 7th, 2006, 05:27 AM

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Well, yeah, in Argentina everyone drinks from the same straw....but the mate is Yerba mate not Coca mate....and while everyone mates together...not everyone shares the same mate, in Argentina or Peru

Feb 7th, 2006, 07:45 AM

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He's back!!! And with "juego de palabras" included!!!!

Feb 7th, 2006, 09:42 AM

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one must indeed look around the room before joining in on a round of mate. there are some days that you just know you don't want to be sharing a communal straw with the others present. that said, I like mate a lot and we drink it regularly around the house here.