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Portuguese to Start Speaking Brazillian?, What's next? British switching to American?

centsworth_II View Member Profile	May 17 2008, 03:22 PM Post #1
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132	Knowing that there is at least one (esteemed) member of UMSF from Portugal, this news item got my attention: Brazil Prompts Portugal to Update Portuguese http://www.tampabay.com/news/bizarre/article510864.ece# "Under the agreement, which was hotly contested, the spelling will more closely match the way words are pronounced by removing silent consonants. Also, the alphabet expands to 26 letters with the introduction of k, w and y..." Wow. Changing the alphabet. That sounds pretty radical to me. "Hotly contested." I'll bet!

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centsworth_II Portuguese to Start Speaking Brazillian? May 17 2008, 03:22 PM

climber Why do Brasialians need KaWaYs ? May 17 2008, 04:42 PM

djellison Colour Theatre Metre And I'll throw tea-bags ... May 17 2008, 04:43 PM

Del Palmer QUOTE (djellison @ May 17 2008, 05:43 PM)... May 17 2008, 10:26 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (djellison @ May 17 2008, 08:43 AM)... May 18 2008, 01:07 AM

dvandorn Ah, the Americans and the British -- two cultures,... May 17 2008, 05:37 PM

centsworth_II QUOTE (dvandorn @ May 17 2008, 01:37 PM) ... May 17 2008, 06:40 PM

Mongo My favourite difference in pronunciation: a-LOO-m... May 17 2008, 07:00 PM

centsworth_II QUOTE (Mongo @ May 17 2008, 03:00 PM) a-L... May 17 2008, 07:21 PM

jasedm QUOTE (Mongo @ May 17 2008, 08:00 PM) My ... May 20 2008, 01:12 PM

4th rock from the sun My favorite "non-native" variety is ... May 20 2008, 02:37 PM

climber QUOTE (4th rock from the sun @ May 20 2008, 0... May 20 2008, 05:59 PM

dvandorn And us contrary Americans settled on the middle ve... May 17 2008, 08:16 PM

Shaka In 1812 we weren't interested in any damn redc... May 17 2008, 08:53 PM

remcook I often thing of UK english spelling as a French v... May 17 2008, 09:21 PM

Del Palmer QUOTE (centsworth_II @ May 17 2008, 04:22... May 17 2008, 10:29 PM

nprev QUOTE (Del Palmer @ May 17 2008, 02:29 PM... May 17 2008, 11:18 PM

ElkGroveDan And while we are on the subject the French guys ca... May 18 2008, 01:15 AM

climber You won't believe how French-Canadian (Quebec)... May 18 2008, 01:18 AM

Shaka That's easy: Le Shairrr. May 18 2008, 05:46 AM

Gladstoner . May 19 2008, 05:03 AM

Stu "What's next? British speaking American?... May 19 2008, 05:52 AM

nprev QUOTE (Stu @ May 18 2008, 10:52 PM) ... May 19 2008, 01:30 PM

Shaka I feel a poem comin' on! Move over, The... May 19 2008, 06:26 AM

ustrax "Portuguese to Start Speaking Brazillian?... May 19 2008, 07:50 AM

Tesheiner Ah! What a nice (and funny) thread! I... May 19 2008, 08:58 AM

ustrax Eduardo The Portuguese Parliament approved now th... May 19 2008, 09:32 AM

4th rock from the sun Hi, As a native Portuguese speaker, I don't t... May 19 2008, 10:33 AM

climber QUOTE (ustrax @ May 19 2008, 11:32 AM) Ed... May 19 2008, 12:58 PM

ustrax QUOTE (climber @ May 19 2008, 01:58 PM) R... May 19 2008, 01:54 PM

Tesheiner QUOTE (ustrax @ May 19 2008, 03:54 PM) QU... May 19 2008, 02:25 PM

climber QUOTE (Tesheiner @ May 19 2008, 04:25 PM)... May 19 2008, 02:29 PM

ustrax Do you guys mean this SeleCÇão?... May 19 2008, 03:00 PM

climber QUOTE (ustrax @ May 19 2008, 05:00 PM) Do... May 19 2008, 07:30 PM

Stu QUOTE (climber @ May 19 2008, 08:30 PM) A... May 19 2008, 07:38 PM

nprev This is an interesting issue to watch from my pers... May 19 2008, 11:48 AM

climber QUOTE (nprev @ May 19 2008, 01:48 PM) Doe... May 19 2008, 12:55 PM

nprev Guys, for us non-Portuguese speakers, what is the ... May 19 2008, 02:00 PM

ustrax QUOTE (nprev @ May 19 2008, 03:00 PM) Guy... May 19 2008, 02:04 PM

nprev Gotcha...thanks, Rui! I figured there was a ... May 19 2008, 02:06 PM

nprev ..."revenge is a dish best served cold!... May 19 2008, 08:50 PM

djellison Ahhh- Engrish. I love it Doug May 20 2008, 02:44 PM

nprev Oh, I disagree. I can speak a smattering of Korean... May 21 2008, 01:58 AM

elakdawalla As for me, I think there is nothing funnier than E... May 21 2008, 02:04 AM

nprev HA!!!! Well, that's a web... May 21 2008, 02:11 AM

dvandorn QUOTE (nprev @ May 20 2008, 09:11 PM) Sho... May 21 2008, 04:05 AM

nprev My response to oDoug's compliments would of co... May 21 2008, 04:19 AM

remcook lol nprev, that sounds like something David Camero... May 21 2008, 08:12 AM

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