I got a letter in Evo again

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Raify

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 Kent
I feel a bit guilty, for bothering to write in about a bit of language pedantry but they did a whole article about the Seat Bocanegra saying it was named for its black nose :headbang:

And Autocar did the same article and correctly identified it as black mouth.

Here's the letter:

Black Mark (They added this title)
Another good issue thanks, and while I was catching my breath about the price of Veyron tyres, I couldn't help notice some bad Spanglish in your driven article. Since you spent some time talking about the "black swathe across the car's sniffer", you should know that bocanegra means black mouth in Spanish, not black nose.

Regards,

Nathan, 'disgustado' de Tunbridge Wells
 
Argentina, después de alcanzar una importante victoria ante Colombia se erige cómodamente como único puntero. Sus cuatro triunfos, convincentes todos, sugieren que su pasaje a la cita mundialista ya está en trámite. La potencia física de Gabriel Batistuta, la agilidad de Juan Verón y la destreza del "Burrito" Ortega se complementan cabalmente. Colombia, que por su lado es una selección de mucha habilidad técnica y gran futuro, no mostró la conjunción necesaria como para herir el esquema argentino. Freddy Rincón, uno de los pocos representantes de aquella fabulosa Colombia de los noventa, ya no posee el liderazgo de antaño, y los debutantes evidenciaron su falta de experiencia para encarar un encuentro de esta magnitud.


And I dont understand any of this either......... :o
 
AlanJ said:
Argentina, después de alcanzar una importante victoria ante Colombia se erige cómodamente como único puntero. Sus cuatro triunfos, convincentes todos, sugieren que su pasaje a la cita mundialista ya está en trámite. La potencia física de Gabriel Batistuta, la agilidad de Juan Verón y la destreza del "Burrito" Ortega se complementan cabalmente. Colombia, que por su lado es una selección de mucha habilidad técnica y gran futuro, no mostró la conjunción necesaria como para herir el esquema argentino. Freddy Rincón, uno de los pocos representantes de aquella fabulosa Colombia de los noventa, ya no posee el liderazgo de antaño, y los debutantes evidenciaron su falta de experiencia para encarar un encuentro de esta magnitud.


And I dont understand any of this either......... :o
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It says something like:

Argentina, after managing an important victory over Colombia, are comfortably elevated to the position of only points-scorer. Their 4 victories, all convincing, suggest that their passage to the world cup is in the bag. The powerful physical presence of Gabriel Batistuta, the agility of Juan Verón and the skill of the "Burrito" Ortega complement each other perfectly. Colombia for their part, are a team of great technical ability and potential in the future, but did not demonstrate the necessary team work to trouble the Argentinian tactics. Freddy Rincón, one of the few representatives of the fabulous Colombian team of the 90's, no longer has the leadership of the past, and the new caps showed their lack of experience in a match of this importance.

Agile Verón? That must have been from years ago.
 
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