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02 Oct 09 - 03:44 PM (#2736841) Subject: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: Q (Frank Staplin) Glad to see Rio get the Olympics. Rio should do a good job of it. Quite a kiss-off to the U. S., the bettors favorite. |
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02 Oct 09 - 03:52 PM (#2736848) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: John MacKenzie Lord Rhumba of Rio will be pleased. JM |
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02 Oct 09 - 03:55 PM (#2736853) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: Charley Noble So we'll be rolling down to Rio! Charley Noble |
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02 Oct 09 - 04:52 PM (#2736891) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: katlaughing I was surprised when they said there'd never been an olympics in South America, so I am glad they got it. I think the USA went over the top..Oprah AND the Obamas, plus everyone else was just too much, imo. |
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02 Oct 09 - 05:31 PM (#2736923) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: Les from Hull They do share it out among continents. I was sure it would be Rio, but sadly I'm not a betting man! |
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03 Oct 09 - 06:58 AM (#2737192) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: 3refs I won a $20 bet on this one! |
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03 Oct 09 - 11:48 AM (#2737323) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: Riginslinger The deserved it. I agree with Kat about Oprah and the Obamas. The news media was aghast that Chicago wasn't picked in spite of them. I wondered if Chicago had been eliminated because of them. |
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03 Oct 09 - 11:57 AM (#2737327) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: Alice No, Chicago was eliminated because 1) the US makes it too difficult for people to travel here, one of the major concerns that was expressed, and 2) it was time for a South American country to be the host. |
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03 Oct 09 - 12:47 PM (#2737362) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: pdq Mexico had the summer Olympics back in 1968. Geography aside, the Spanish-speaking world includes Mexico and not Brazil, which is mostly Purtuguese-speaking. |
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03 Oct 09 - 12:51 PM (#2737365) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: CarolC Mexico is not in South America. It is in North America. |
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03 Oct 09 - 01:01 PM (#2737372) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: pdq Obviously, and I didn't say it was. I said that Mexico has a lot in common with the majority of South American. Carol C, is there anything you can't turn into an argument? |
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03 Oct 09 - 02:38 PM (#2737439) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: MGM·Lion Actually, surely Mexico is in **Central** America? Or is it not so regarded over on your side? |
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03 Oct 09 - 02:49 PM (#2737444) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: pdq Politically, it is in Latin America, which trumps the geographic distinction in most ways. |
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03 Oct 09 - 03:19 PM (#2737461) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: Q (Frank Staplin) Central America- "the isthmus joining North America and South America, extends from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia." http://www.thefreedictionary.com/North+America North America- "continent in the western hemisphere, extending northward from northwestern South America to the Arctic Ocean. It comprises Central America, Mexico, the United States, Canada and Greenland." http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861683807/north_america. Mexico- Country S(outhern) N(orth) America S of the U. S. Central America- the narrow S portion of N America connecting with South America & extending from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to the Isthmus of Panama. The republics of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica & often also Panama and Belize. From Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. All three references place Mexico in North America. |
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03 Oct 09 - 03:22 PM (#2737464) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: Alice Mexico is definitely not Central America. The small countries of Central America are proud of being Central America, separate from Mexico and South America. |
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03 Oct 09 - 03:25 PM (#2737469) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: MGM·Lion Thank you. I shall know that in future. Never too old to learn. |
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03 Oct 09 - 03:37 PM (#2737478) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: GUEST,number 6 * sigh * |
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03 Oct 09 - 03:43 PM (#2737483) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: pdq ...yes indeed, number6. I think I shall pull out Jethro Tull's "Thick As A Brick" and listen to it tonight in honor of a few Mudcat regulars. |
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03 Oct 09 - 04:28 PM (#2737510) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: GUEST,number 6 * LOL * good one. Thick as a Brick ... excellent album BTW. |
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03 Oct 09 - 07:40 PM (#2737651) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: Tug the Cox Thick as a Brick perhaps, but with admirable humility, and even some gratitude for information givers. |
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03 Oct 09 - 11:06 PM (#2737709) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: Riginslinger I think it's a good thing that a South American country has the opportunity to host the games. It seems to me like the officials made a good choice. |
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03 Oct 09 - 11:18 PM (#2737716) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: wysiwyg So glad Rio got it-- cannot think where in the urban sprawl of Chicagoland they could have squeezed in all the venues and housing. There just isn't any ROOM, without dispossessing all the poorer folks. Would have been a BIG redlining/gentrification thing. ~S~ |
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04 Oct 09 - 12:19 AM (#2737725) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: MGM·Lion I think it unmannerly to sigh & denounce me as 'thick as a brick' for not knowing something which you did — & which is, btw, usually differently perceived over here anyhow. Thank you Tug for your support. 'GUEST#6' & 'pdq', I think you should be fucking well ashamed of yourselves — but I don't expect you are; never mind, I am ashamed enuff on your behalfs to do for all... |
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04 Oct 09 - 07:21 PM (#2738387) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: Tug the Cox Nice one MtheGM. Lets hope it was just a case of type in haste, repent at leisure! |
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04 Oct 09 - 07:57 PM (#2738403) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: pdq Perhaps the point should be made again. Although no country in South America has ever hosted the Olympics, the country of Mexico has. Mexico is in a cultural region known as Latin America where most people speak Spanish, but not all. Here is a list of some languages spoken in that region: Spanish, Portuguese, French, Quechua, Aymara, Nahuatl, Mayan languages, Guaraní, English, Haitian Creole, Jamaican Creole and Papiamentu. It's nice to see Brazil get the games. They are a major power in the New World. Latin America has 1/12th of the worlds population. {a few Mudcat folks need to read things more carfulley and other need to avoid taking things personally, especially when they clearlyaren't the subjects} |
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04 Oct 09 - 08:13 PM (#2738418) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: Q (Frank Staplin) Mexico and Brasil are not in the same region. One is in North America, the other in South America. Obvious to any child with a world globe pencil sharpener. The official language in Brasil (their spelling) is Portuguese, not Spanish. Please stand corrected. (Sorry, pdq, just being obstreperous). |
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04 Oct 09 - 08:24 PM (#2738422) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: pdq Repeat for the "thick as a brick" crowd: Brazil and Mexico are both in Latin America. It is a cultural region where people feel closer ties to each other than they do to their neighbors to the north. Congratulations to Latin America on getting the Olympics for the second time. {Q, when you misquote people, you look bad, not me} |
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04 Oct 09 - 08:46 PM (#2738436) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: Alice I lived in Central America. I grew up with Cubans. I've traveled in almost every state in Mexico. Just because you want to see Latin America as all one identity does not mean that everyone who lives in Mexico, Central America, South America or the Caribbean sees it your way. |
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04 Oct 09 - 08:54 PM (#2738443) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: pdq Repeat for the "thick as a brick crowd": people from Latin America tend to feel closer in spirit to each other than they do, perhaps, to a cowboy in Montana or a Rabbi in New York. |
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04 Oct 09 - 09:00 PM (#2738450) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: Q (Frank Staplin) About as different as Irish and Sicilians- share a common religion (more or less) and the same continent but not much else. |
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04 Oct 09 - 09:06 PM (#2738454) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: Alice This all started with the distinction of Mexico having had an Olympics and that South America had not yet had one. Mexico is not South America, and anyone from Mexico would laugh if you tried to convince them that just because they are called part of Latin America, having had an Olympics in Mexico doesn't make Brazil a first. I think you've missed my point, so I won't waste time trying to make it again. |
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04 Oct 09 - 09:24 PM (#2738465) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: Q (Frank Staplin) I think we've got pdq's goat by now. Getting a bit hot on the left rear burner. |
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04 Oct 09 - 09:26 PM (#2738468) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: Alice Hola, cabro! |
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04 Oct 09 - 09:30 PM (#2738472) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: pdq Actually, this is beginning to sound like bigotry on the part of a couple of Spanish-speakers against the Portuguese. I expect that Brazil will do itself proud. Hope a couple of other folks here wish the same. |
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04 Oct 09 - 10:28 PM (#2738514) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: GUEST,number 6 what PDQ said is true ... people from Latin America tend to feel closer in spirit to each other than they do, perhaps, to a cowboy in Montana or a Rabbi in New York." Latin America No ... they are not as different as Irish and Sicilians they are somewhat the same .... fact being many of the populace of Uruguay, Brazil, the Argentine are decendents of non Iberian speaking European immigrants. In fact Che Guevera's father's name is Lynch (descendent from Ireland) I'm pretty sure all Latin Americans are proud that Brazil will be hosting the Olympics. biLL |
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05 Oct 09 - 09:36 PM (#2739275) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: Alice sorte, Brasil (good luck, Brazil, in Portuguese) |
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05 Oct 09 - 10:43 PM (#2739308) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: GUEST,number 6 boa sorte o Brasil ! biLL |
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06 Oct 09 - 05:13 PM (#2739923) Subject: RE: BS: Rio by the sea-o in 2016 From: Bill D I'm sorta glad I missed the start of this thread... but I AM glad the Olympics will be closer to my time zone in 2016.... |