If you want to see your country portrayed here, post a comment on Tell us about your country. When you access it, you will be able to read an example. I’m looking forward to hearing from you.Today we’re going to meet Mexico. My friend Rodrigo will tells us a little bit about his country.

Name: Rodrigo
Country: Mexico
Job: Literature Student
Welcome: Bienvenido(singular, male or neutral), Bienvenidos (plural, male or neutral) Bienvenida (singular female) Bienvenidas (female, plural)

Text: What can I say about Mexico? It’s an amazing place, we have every single ecosystem in the world, we have oil, full natural resources, water, beautiful tourist places, natural wonders, a rich History… however we have one big and ominous drawback: we’re too close to the USA. So that’s basically it, the country moves to please the USA government, that’s us: USA backyard.

But still, one of these days we’re gonna be able to free ourselves from that influence and then… and then Mexico will be a great first world nation but even cooler because we have nice weather! (if Mr. bush doesn’t destroy the world before).
¡VIVA MEXICO!

By the way, it’s spelled Mexico with an x… Not Mejico.

“On the blink” is applied, for example, to an appliance operating intermittently, especially one “on its last legs”, i.e. one that is about to “give up the ghost”.

“On the blink” doesn’t refer to a permanent failure. If something is on the blink, it means that it is operating erratically, that it may work fine for a bit and then not work at all, that it is somewhat temperamental, and that this behaviour is intermittent. A printer on the blink, for example, may print 20 documents perfectly and then completely screw up the next one (which, by some strange law of nature, will be the one that you really needed most), but then work fine again the next day.Once something fails completely, it ceases to be “on the blink”. It then becomes: in a state of disrepair, non-functional, broken, not working, bust, knackered, etc.

On one’s last legs: near the end of life, usefulness, or existence
To give up the ghost: (of a machine) to stop working

Author: Graham A Stephen (UK)
Collaborator: Karin Sequen (Guatemala)

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Today we’re going to meet the USA. Kelli will tells us a little bit about her country.

Name: Kelli
Country: United States of America
Job: Search Consultant
Welcome: Welcome

This morning I woke up from a short nights sleep and I watch a documentary called, “INSIDE THE PENTAGON”, after seeing this, I realize how proud I am to be an American. There are so many American men and women, who put their “lives on the line” for our name sake everyday. This is the most giving country and the place were you can come to make your dreams come true. The beauty of my country is the people that make this the country what it is…a land of the free and the home of the brave!

See you!

From now on, I will present a different country each week. If you want to see your country portrayed here, post a comment on Tell us about your country. When you access it, you will be able to read an example. I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

Today we’re going to meet Guatemala. I don’t know very much about this country but my friend Karin showed me that Guatemala is worth a visit for sure.

Name: Karin
Country: Guatemala
Job: Graphic Designer
Welcome: Bienvenido(a) (in Spanish)My country is very beautiful. It’s known as the “Everlasting Spring Country”. We call it like that because the weather is very nice. Never too hot, never too cold. Trees are always green and flowers are always blooming.

There are tree things I like about Guatemala. One of them (probably the one I like the most) is its beautiful nature: rivers, lakes, mountains, volcanoes, jungles…

The second one is its history. We were the homeland of the Great Maya Civilization. So, we’ve got beautiful Maya sites. Then we were conquered by Spaniards. So, we’ve got beautiful Colonial cities. And now, we are a modern country, with a beautiful (and modern) city.

The third and final is our people and culture. Our people are Maya descendants… unique in the world.

So, Guatemala is unique… and those who love it call it “Guatelinda”. =D