The stones you saw in Plaza de Mayo were put there to represent the people that died from Covid, so to remember them and also protest against the government for the way they handled the pandemic.

@arthurbown-mazzoni

3 ай бұрын

Ahhhh, my mistake! Thank you for that, I really appreciate it and serves me right for making assumptions!

In the place where the horrendous National Library stands, there was the Presidential Palace, which was inhabited by Evita (and Peron) and where she died, that Palace was demolished by the dictatorship overthrew Peron, to try erasing the memory. from Evita (something they could never achieve...) kzread.info/dash/bejne/fambxKZyoJCXYcY.html Regarding Casa de los Espiritus,, it was made into a movie starring Jeremy Irons-Meryl Streep and Glen Close

@arthurbown-mazzoni

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the extra information! Really interesting!

@nunzioroxlo6147

3 ай бұрын

@@arthurbown-mazzoni onother tip: Mayo is pronounced maSHo, in "Argentine" Spanish, letter y followed by a vowel, the same as letter ll followed by a vowel, sounds: SH /ʃ/

@arthurbown-mazzoni

3 ай бұрын

I am aware - all the kids at school laugh when I pronounce it in the Iberian way and my accent is slowly but surely changing

@nunzioroxlo6147

3 ай бұрын

@@arthurbown-mazzoni It's a matter of being attentive to the appearance of those syllables, and practicing a lot, u'll surely achieve it, and when u achieve it u'lll notice how u r gonna attract the attention of Spanish speakers from other countries, they r seduced by the Argentine accent, which consider "sexy" aca tenes a un frances hablando "argentino"': y aca un estadoinidense: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oomorLNxkqitl9o.html

@nunzioroxlo6147

3 ай бұрын

@@arthurbown-mazzoni It's a matter of being attentive to the appearance of those syllables, and practicing a lot, u'll surely achieve it and when u achieve it u'll notice how u r gonna attract the attention of Spanish speakers from other countries, they r seduced by the Argentine accent, which consider"sexy"

Arthur, Enjoyed your video. Given the large numbers of Italians who immigrated to Argentina have you had the opportunity to use your Italian language skills? Also, being British have any Argentinians brought up the Falklands issue? Best wishes, Jim Scalise

@arthurbown-mazzoni

3 ай бұрын

Hi, in Buenos Aires I met a couple from Sardinia who were visiting and on the flight from Sao Paolo to Córdoba I also got chatting with an Italian who had previously lived in the city and was going back to see his mother. Some students have brought up the Falklands/Malvinas War but no one in public has asked me about it...