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At The Walrus English bookstore in San Telmo, our better-half picked up a copy of the historical chronical of the Buenos Aires Herald. This over-sized periodical contains headlines and story excerpts about Argentine history in English since September 1876… this is very useful for us to have a general idea of what’s been going on around these parts since then…
One hundred years ago the Herald was very British. Some of the excerpts from that time say things like, “The Prince of Wales visited dear Argentina and the entire country rejoiced in the splendor of his presence. Throughout his stay the people could forget all their worries, at least for a short while, and they loved him for that.” We exaggerate, but, only slightly…
Anyway, we’ll spare you any pompous commentary on the history of Argentina, other than to say that it’s been a wild ride…
The Herald has been a nearly continuous daily source of English-language editorial about events in Argentina for all that time. We salute them for that. However, some of the articles we read in the paper these days are a little shakey… perhaps written by non-native speakers. Well, with our 4th grade-level Spanish competency we dare not criticize…
Hasta la proxima.
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