Comments on: Sign of the “Times”: NYT Article Hammered by Argentine Blogosphere http://argentinastravel.com/1905/sign-of-the-times-nyt-article-hammered-by-argentine-blogosphere/ Your Online Guidebook to Argentina Tue, 21 Dec 2010 02:04:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Andrew Jackson http://argentinastravel.com/1905/sign-of-the-times-nyt-article-hammered-by-argentine-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-11895 Andrew Jackson Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:54:47 +0000 http://argentinastravel.com/1905/sign-of-the-times-nyt-article-hammered-by-argentine-blogosphere/#comment-11895 Good call Chileno. My reliance on spell check weakened my eye for glaringly simple mistakes. Thanks for the catch. Good call Chileno. My reliance on spell check weakened my eye for glaringly simple mistakes. Thanks for the catch.

]]> By: Chileno http://argentinastravel.com/1905/sign-of-the-times-nyt-article-hammered-by-argentine-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-11662 Chileno Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:28:44 +0000 http://argentinastravel.com/1905/sign-of-the-times-nyt-article-hammered-by-argentine-blogosphere/#comment-11662 >>><i>Unfortunately for Lee, many expats who do call Buenos Aires home feel that his story is grossly exaggerated, and that it takes away from the true authenticity of a city that was cultured, artsy, and sheik for decades.</i> Sorry Andrew, but "sheik" is Rudolph Valentino. The word you're reaching for is "chic". Chile 1, Argentina 0. >>>Unfortunately for Lee, many expats who do call Buenos Aires home feel that his story is grossly exaggerated, and that it takes away from the true authenticity of a city that was cultured, artsy, and sheik for decades.

Sorry Andrew, but “sheik” is Rudolph Valentino. The word you’re reaching for is “chic”.

Chile 1, Argentina 0.

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