Earthquake Chili

[Lemur]

Not bothering to spell the Chile's name correctly, Frag? Way to show respect. Three cheers for Hollunde.

Time magazine had a man on the ground; here's his report.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Rip to all casualties.

Hope those tsunamis will turn out alright. Scary.

Not bothering to spell the Chile's name correctly, Frag?

Oh, come on, now. It's nobody's fault that there are two threads on this subject, one remaining hidden behind an incorrectly spelled title.
In French and Dutch it is Chili. So similar that one could be forgiven for not realising that its Chile in English and Spanish.

And Fragony is not from Holland.

[naut]

And Fragony is not from Holland.

Der Nederlands.

[Fragony]

Not bothering to spell the Chile's name correctly, Frag? Way to show respect. Three cheers for Hollunde.

I can screw up in 7 languages

[KukriKhan]

Looks like Chili predates Chile

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There are various theories about the origin of the word Chile. According to a theory proposed by 18th century Spanish chronicler Diego de Rosales,[10] the Incas of Peru called the valley of the Aconcagua "Chili" by corruption of the name of a Picunche tribal chief ("cacique") called Tili, who ruled the area at the time of the Incan conquest in the 15th century.[11][12] Another theory points to the similarity of the valley of the Aconcagua with that of the Casma Valley in Peru, where there was a town and valley named Chili.[12]

Other theories say Chile may derive its name from the indigenous Mapuche word chilli, which may mean "where the land ends,"[13] "the deepest point of the Earth,"[14] or "sea gulls;"[15] or from the Quechua chin, "cold", or the Aymara tchili, meaning "snow".[16] Another meaning attributed to chilli is the onomatopoeic cheele-cheele—the Mapuche imitation of a bird call.[13] The Spanish conquistadors heard about this name from the Incas, and the few survivors of Diego de Almagro's first Spanish expedition south from Peru in 1535–36 called themselves the "men of Chilli."[13] Ultimately, Almagro is credited with the universalization of the name Chile, after naming the Mapocho valley as such.[12]

Small wonder the seafaring Nederlander-ers adopted and kept the original.

This reminds me of a frontroom discussion of Zeeland mussels, me chiming in with how easy New Zealand mussels were to get here in California. rofl. Our resident Dutchers gently corrected me.

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rip the earthquake sufferers. No stranger to temblors here, I can only imagine an 8.8 shaking.

[Lemur]

I guess I got thrown by the sound of the word; the two vowels don't sound alike. Instead of sounding like "really" it's more in line with "see they."

I'm encouraged that the death toll has not yet reached four digits. After the 200k monstrous disaster in Haiti, anything under a thousand seems miraculous.

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Also, apologies to Frag. I was spluttering with embarrassment and indignation over what I felt to be a forced error Lemur's-disease-wise. No excuse for me to take it out on a fellow Orgah, though.

[KukriKhan]

I guess I got thrown by the sound of the word; the two vowels don't sound alike. Instead of sounding like "really" it's more in line with "see they."

I'm encouraged that the death toll has not yet reached four digits. After the 200k monstrous disaster in Haiti, anything under a thousand seems miraculous.

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Also, apologies to Frag. I was spluttering with embarrassment and indignation over what I felt to be a forced error Lemur's-disease-wise. No excuse for me to take it out on a fellow Orgah, though.

Bookmark this Laddies. Before us goes an honorable man. We'd do well to emulate.

[Fragony]

Also, apologies to Frag. I was spluttering with embarrassment and indignation over what I felt to be a forced error Lemur's-disease-wise. No excuse for me to take it out on a fellow Orgah, though.

No need I like it rough

Der Nederlands.

De Nederlanden or Nederland. Louis is quite right, Holland is just the western part of the Netherlands. I don't know how the whole Netherlands became 'Holland' but it's an exercise in futility to make any sense out of this country.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Yay! Its the next morning and those tsunamis turned out to be little more than great surfing waves. Very happy about that. I'm a bit astonished, relieved, that an 8.8 earthquake had this few casualties.

Even so, hundreds died, there's massive destruction, and dozens of people are trapped under collapsed houses, struggling for their lives as we speak. A tragedy.

I don't know how the whole Netherlands became 'Holland'

Maybe because your Location screams 'THIS IS HOLLAND'?

but it's an exercise in futility to make any sense out of this country.

No, easy. The Netherlands is washed up sediments of French rivers inhabited by swamp Germans.

[gaelic cowboy]

There seems to be a fair bit of looting going on saw watercannon being used on crowds of looters on telly this morning.
Society which seems so solid is ever so fragile when nature bears it fangs.
RIP to all the dead very sad indeed

[Fragony]

No, easy. The Netherlands is washed up sediments of French rivers inhabited by swamp Germans.

See? We can make something out of anything, we made the Netherlands. The ancients call it the Dutch touch.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Yay! Its the next morning and those tsunamis turned out to be little more than great surfing waves. Very happy about that. I'm a bit astonished, relieved, that an 8.8 earthquake had this few casualties.

Even so, hundreds died, there's massive destruction, and dozens of people are trapped under collapsed houses, struggling for their lives as we speak. A tragedy.


Maybe because your Location screams 'THIS IS HOLLAND'?

No, easy. The Netherlands is washed up sediments of French rivers inhabited by swamp Germans.

The quake in Haiti was a thousand times less powerful, but their building standards were even more so. Sad all around.

[lars573]

Yay! Its the next morning and those tsunamis turned out to be little more than great surfing waves. Very happy about that. I'm a bit astonished, relieved, that an 8.8 earthquake had this few casualties.

Even so, hundreds died, there's massive destruction, and dozens of people are trapped under collapsed houses, struggling for their lives as we speak. A tragedy.

Hardly a tragedy, they lived in a earthquake zone. I have zero sympathy for people who die in geological or climatic events that are common knowledge. I had no sympathy for the Hatians, I have none for Chileans. And when Vesuvius pops it's cork again and barbeque's a quarter million Neopolitans I won't have sympathy then.