Correction My mom speaks the Spanish from Spain from long ago. There is a book out which I want to get.
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Pam Santos <[email protected]> wrote: > Elizabeth I agree with you. My mother who is Spanish but born in New > Mexico has a hard time understanding the Spanish people speak from Mexico. > Its the Spanish from Spain from long ago. They use different words that > have different meanings. > > > On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Lionel Holmes <[email protected]>wrote: > >> John Vasconcellos, >> >> I'm curious about how the name LOPES is pronounced in the various areas. >> It's been a while since I lived in Brazil (as news bureau chief for >> McGraw-Hill World News in 1952), but I seem to recall it as something like >> LAWPZH, or maybe that was the Azorean pronunciation. >> >> Lionel Rocha Holmes >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 1:32 PM, John Vasconcelos <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> *Joao, >>> Interesting that you mention Galego. When I first got to Brasil and was >>> having a hard time understanding, We were (The US firm I was working for) >>> joint ventureing with a Brazilian Engineering firm. All project meetings >>> were held in Portuguese (Brazilian of course) and I was having a heck of a >>> time understanding what was going on. After a few meetings it started >>> coming more easily. I remember that after one particular meeting during >>> which I thought I was starting to catch on, I remarked to one of my >>> collegues that I had understood one of the Brazilian engineers and thought >>> I was beginning catch on. He brok**e out laughing and commented that >>> the guy I understood was actually a Galego. So I always say that the first >>> Brazilian I really understood was actually a Galego! Eventually I caught on >>> and now when I hear Portuguese spoken on Radio or TV, I sometimes have to >>> stop and think whether it's Brazillian or Continental or Azorean. >>> The other issue is Island specific accents. I can identify Terceira and >>> Sao Miguel accents fairly easily. Azoreans who have some degree of >>> education (Particularly if they have gone to the Continent for college) >>> seem to speak a fairly standard Portuguese. The less educated Azoreans seem >>> to retain their regional accents. >>> John Vasconcelos* >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 3:29 AM, Joao S. Lopes <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> For a Portuguese-speaker, Russian sounds like Portuguese spoken >>>> backwards. Portuguese is not closest to Romanian. Its closest relatives are >>>> galego (Galician), Ladino (a derivative of Old Spanish spoken by Sefaradi >>>> Jews) and Spanish, the Western Romance languages. >>>> >>>> European Portuguese is much "faster" than Brazilian Portuguese, where >>>> the vowels are more clear. Sometimes it's hard for Brazilian understand a >>>> Portuguese, but not the opposite. >>>> For example, pessoa in Brazil sounds <pe-sso-a> or <pessoua>, while in >>>> regular Portugal is <psoa> >>>> >>>> JS Lopes >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> *De:* Pam Santos <[email protected]> >>>> *Para:* [email protected] >>>> *Enviadas:* Quinta-feira, 31 de Janeiro de 2013 19:52 >>>> *Assunto:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Island of my dreams >>>> >>>> Okay I was going to say that too a little Russian but was too >>>> embarassed too lol I am glad I am not the only one. So its a little >>>> Spanish, French and Russian hehe >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>> When I used to teach in the public schools, we had to give out the >>>> state tests. I was supposed to pace up and down the aisles while my >>>> students were testing. So I used to listen to the Portuguese language >>>> tapes while walking up and down the aisles. After the testing was done, my >>>> Spanish speaking students (13 & 14 year olds) wanted to hear the tapes. >>>> They listened and said it sounded like Spanish with a French accent. One >>>> student told me that she thought if she were left in Portugal, she could >>>> probably start to get by after about 2 weeks (she was a native Spanish >>>> speaker). >>>> >>>> I've been told that Portuguese is supposed to be the closest to >>>> Romanian. I've never heard that spoken, so I really don't know. >>>> Cheri Mello >>>> Listowner, Azores-Gen >>>> Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das >>>> Tainhas, Achada >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. Follow the confirmation >>>> directions when they arrive. >>>> For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No >>>> Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. 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