First, a few facts. (If you are among the cognoscenti, you can skip the next paragraphs.)<\/p>\n
Uruguay is in South America. \u00a0It is on the Atlantic Ocean south of Brazil and North of Argentina. \u00a0It is not connected to Paraguay, which lies North of Uruguay with a big piece of Argentina in between. Uruguay is about the size of Washington State, and a bit smaller than England and Scotland combined. \u00a0It has a population of approximatelly 3.5 million, which is a bit smaller than Costa Rica. \u00a0More than two thirds of the people live in Montevideo and the Atlantic littoral. The rest are thinly scattered through the rest of the country, which is largely agricultural.<\/p>\n
The language here is Spanish, but with Portuguese and Italian influences. \u00a0Both here and in Buenos Aires, Argentina (130 miles up the Rio de la Plata) they pronounce the Spanish double L, “ll” as “sh” — they do the same with the “y” when it is a consonant. \u00a0For example, the word “I — Yo” would be pronounced “show” and the word “key — llave” is pronounced “shah-vay”. One interesting fact: \u00a0Uruguay has the second greatest reserves of water, per capita, in the world, after Canada.<\/p>\n
For the researchers among you, check out:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/lcweb2.loc.gov\/frd\/cs\/uytoc.html<\/p>\n
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