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PORTUGUESE LINGUISTICS & CULTURE |
Autor: | dale-cr |
E-mail: | não-disponível |
Data: | 20/OUT/2009 10:37 PM |
Assunto: | confusion? |
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"Confusion"? Fran, esta falando portugues? Quer dizer "problem", ne?
I heard recently that "Outdoor" is a brand name. That would explain why it is heard in Brazil to mean billboard. It´s like saying ¨Coke¨ instead of ¨soft drink". I cannot think of the writer´s name, but the author of "Como Nao Aprender Ingles" has some great examples in his books of English words that mean one thing in Brazil and something quite different to a native speaker of English. I remember my surprise at the number of definitions for "box" in Portuguese. Some include motorcycle sidecar, shower stall, parking space, etc.
Michaels? Was that the writer´s name? I exchanged several letters with him around 2002-2003. One night in Chapeco, I was mistaken for him when I visited an English class at the local university. I told him about it, and he said that surely I was a most handsome fellow. hahaha |