Diego Mijelshon

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bio	website	sessionfactory.blogspot.com
	location	Buenos Aires, Argentina
	age	33
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I'm a pro-agile, ALT.Net-centric software architect working as an independent contractor.

	1,726 reputation	bio	website	sessionfactory.blogspot.com	visits	member for	1 year, 6 months
313 badges		location	Buenos Aires, Argentina		seen	May 3 at 23:15

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Nov 25	comment	Greetings for presents and cards @belisarius done.
Nov 25	comment	Greetings for presents and cards @Alenanno why do you assume most people know what Christmas is and not what Passover is? (Actually, we don't even have to deal with "most" people, only the educated ones that are likely to use this site) Besides, calling it "Jewish easter" is disrespectful.
Nov 25	comment	Greetings for presents and cards @dusan yes, that's common.
Nov 23	comment	What does “lo” in “(no) lo es” refer to? @hippietrail it's not loísmo.
Nov 22	comment	Age range of niño, chico, muchacho, joven, etc @vartec you're right; mozo is used there instead (which means waiter in Latin America)
Nov 22	comment	¡Buenas! greeting in morning It's clear that buenas is an informal greeting, but these days most of the world is informal. Maybe you wouldn't use it in court, with the military, or talking to a new corporate customer, but I'd say 95% of the time buenas is fine. (I do admit that living in Buenos Aires I might be biased. Perhaps this is not the case in more conservative countries/cities)
Nov 22	comment	¡Buenas! greeting in morning I wouldn't say buenas could ever be considered disrespectful. Only the most formal situations would require buenos días, etc
Nov 21	comment	Definition of escuela and colegio A side note: you have not accepted any of the answers you got on this site. People might stop answering them if they feel their effort is not appreciated.
Nov 18	comment	Is there a standard, most common, or most neutral Spanish term for “chat room”? Chatear is used extensively in Latin America, so "salón de chat" is not uncommon.
Nov 17	comment	“ir a «infinitive»” vs. future tense @hippietrail edited.
Nov 17	comment	“ir a «infinitive»” vs. future tense @hippietrail, I didn't say it's an Argentinean thing. I think the future tense is used more in Spain, but I'm not sure about all latin american countries.
Nov 17	comment	How to choose between “carecer” and “faltar”? @hippietrail yes, almost always. The only exception is when it's used in an answer, so the object is implicit: -¿Tienes dinero? -Carezco [de dinero]
Nov 17	comment	How prevalent is the phrase “qué padre”? @JaimeSoto yes, in The Simpsons (used by the children).
Nov 17	comment	Single or multiple word names of numbers If you look at the search results for "diez y seis", they all refer to a particular event. Dieciseis is the accepted modern spelling.
Nov 16	comment	Are there native-born Spanish speakers that can't trill their R's? Not as an adjective. But you can say about someone with this problem le patina la erre (slightly derogatory depending on the context) or no le sale la erre (descriptive).
Nov 16	comment	Are there native-born Spanish speakers that can't trill their R's? @hippietrail, I'm not aware of a scientific name for it.
Nov 15	comment	How prevalent is the phrase “qué padre”? There's also "copado" in Argentina...
Nov 15	comment	How should I translate “he is a pain in the ass”? I like your answer better than mine. I don't know if it's used a lot outside Argentina, though.
Nov 15	comment	Unclear why to use “A vuestros hijos” instead of “vuestros hijos” @Flimzy keep in mind the alternative form is more used in writing
Nov 15	comment	Unclear why to use “A vuestros hijos” instead of “vuestros hijos” @Flimzy: exactly. "Cuando era adolescente, gustaba de la musica punk" or "Cuando era adolescente, me gustaba la musica punk" or "Cuando era adolescente, la musica punk me gustaba [a mi]", they all translate to "When I was a teeenager, I liked [or used to like] punk music"