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PORTUGUESE LINGUISTICS & CULTURE |
Autor: | Dale-USA |
E-mail: | dale_thomas2004@yahoo.com.br |
Data: | 24/MAR/2011 11:53 AM |
Assunto: | Marfo |
Mensagem: |
Marfo, the more I think about it, the more I believe I made a mistake. I bet the word is spelled "spiel" and not "speel". "Spiel" is a German word meaning "game". Probably it came to the English language as Yiddish slang. |