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**GailFan** · November 28th, 2016, 06:13 AM

Did you know...

The Argentinian football team River Plate is unusual in that they have an English name; they are actually called River Plate (or, to their fans, simply "River") not Rio de la Plata as the place is called in Spanish.

They apparently got their name from some mysterious crates that were being unloaded at a wharf, cryptically (to Spanish speakers) labelled "River Plate".

I have an Argentinian friend who is a big fan (she cutely pronounces it "Ree-ver"), and she was thoroughly confused when I took her to the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Engraved on the outside of the building are the names of all the battles of the 1st and 2nd World Wars New Zealand fought in, including "River Plate".

November 28th, 2016, 06:13 AM	#4249
GailFan No longer active Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suicide Alley Posts: 2,797 Thanks: 27,507 Thanked 61,945 Times in 2,770 Posts	Did you know... The Argentinian football team River Plate is unusual in that they have an English name; they are actually called River Plate (or, to their fans, simply "River") not Rio de la Plata as the place is called in Spanish. They apparently got their name from some mysterious crates that were being unloaded at a wharf, cryptically (to Spanish speakers) labelled "River Plate". I have an Argentinian friend who is a big fan (she cutely pronounces it "Ree-ver"), and she was thoroughly confused when I took her to the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Engraved on the outside of the building are the names of all the battles of the 1st and 2nd World Wars New Zealand fought in, including "River Plate". __________________ I am no longer active on VEF.