reason number 1

here's a pretty good reason not to learn chilenismos if you are planning on returning to north america any time soon...

you may ending up calling someone's child an asshole without realizing. in asking what i can say instead of "guapo" or "guapito" for a cute child (which moreso has the translation associated with potential partners and mates in chile- that's someone's attractive), someone said, oh "here we call them pendehos." being cynical, i thought this could be a joke. alas, it was not.

chile is just that unique, oh chile!

* i don't recommend trying to strike up a discussion about babies being like little aliens and whatnot (even as a light joke); it has never been good conversation fodder in santiago. this kind of behavior will surely identify you as American, if your sarcastic, somewhat bitter sense of humor hasn't already. probably because of the close-knit family society, everyone just loves kids (even when young adults are in their most "selfish" years).... and wants one of their own one day...