Ecuador's president denies granting asylum to Wikileaks' Assange

Rumor de asilo a Assange es falso. Todavía no hay ninguna decisión al respecto. Espero informe de Cancillería.
— Rafael Correa (@MashiRafael) August 14, 2012

The Guardian reports that the Ecuadorean government will grant asylum to embattled Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The New York Times notes that the president of Ecuador denies this.

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Because The Guardian thinks they’re journalists and not entertainers?
- Wreckrob8
  
  The BBC were reporting that Assange had been granted asylum by Ecuador this morning. Both the World Service and Radio 4. They had advice that the British police may attempt to arrest him if he tried to leave the Embassy in an Embassy car.
  - http://halfbakedmaker.org Robert Baruch
    
    Hmm. I have much higher regard for the BBC than any other British “newspaper”.
  - awjt
    
    Wondering if they will shoot down the Ecuadorean helicopter.
    - Wreckrob8
      
      They could use their Olympic missiles.
Ramone

Is anyone else as disappointed as I am that the word for “false” in Spanish is “falso”.
- http://twitter.com/trempls tré
  
  Errr… sort of. I’m actually disappointed that the word for “falso” en ingles es “false.”
  - Ramone
    
    :)
  - http://halfbakedmaker.org Robert Baruch
    
    I’m kinda bummed that the word for “falsus” Anglice est “false” et “falso” Hispanice.
    - http://twitter.com/trempls tré
      
      Touché.
- theophrastvs
  
  ¿Hay alguien más tan decepcionado como yo que la palabra para ‘Falso’ en Inglés es “false”? from L. falsus “deceived, erroneous, mistaken” that is, it is “their” word.
  
  (apologies for google assisted translation above which may be quite screwed-up)
  - awjt
    
    I’mlay issapointeday atthay ethay ordway orfay alsefay inlay igpay atinlay islay alsefay.
  - Antinous / Moderator
    
    Let me introduce you to my friends constipación and embarazada.
http://twitter.com/fossilfuels Funk Daddy

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I love this sentence:

“Rumor de asilo a Assange es falso.”

It’s one of those perfect examples that demonstrate the roots of our language, in that you can read it and know exactly what it says, with no knowledge of spanish languages. To the extent where it reads like someone taking the piss.