BE CAREFUL WHEN TAKING THE TRAIN

What language do they speak in Argentina and Uruguay? That’s easy, you say, they speak Spanish. Well, yes, up to a point.

There are some significant differences, however, between the Spanish you may have learned at school or on holiday in Majorca, and the Spanish they speak in Buenos Aires and Montevideo, some of which could cause great embarrassment if you get them wrong:

http://www.spainexpat.com/spain/information/castillian_spanish/

So don’t get your tortillas mixed up with your tortillas. Ask for Servesa, not Thervetha, not that the boys will be asking for either, remember that papa is a potato and that taking and giving can be fraught with risk.