Cheri, That is precisely what's happening. This new agreement has been a great deal for book publishers, since all the schoolbooks had to be republished based on the agreement, and a true nightmare for children learning a new way of writing things that sometimes doesn't even make sense.
I sent a new one, bigger. [image: image.png] Cheri Mello <[email protected]> escreveu no dia domingo, 16/12/2018 à(s) 17:12: > Angela, > > Your graphic is too small for me to see. I have no idea which spelling is > pre and which spelling is post agreement. All I understand is that no one > really agrees on how to spell words. LOL > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > > On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 9:09 AM Ângela Loura <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> [image: image.png] >> >> Ângela Loura <[email protected]> escreveu no dia domingo, 16/12/2018 >> à(s) 16:58: >> >>> In 1990, an orthographic agreement was reached between the >>> Portuguese-language countries with the intent of creating a single common >>> orthography for Portuguese. In Portugal, the reform was signed into law by >>> the President on July 21, 2008, allowing for a six-year adaptation period, >>> during which both orthographies would co-exist, BUT nowadays they still do, >>> because a lot of people in Portugal refuse to use this new agreement. Even >>> some public Universities still use the pre-agreement orthography. Even >>> countries like Angola that were part of thee agreement don't use this. So, >>> for me, baPtismo is still correct, because the 'p' was used to open the 'a' >>> on baptismo. >>> >>> There's a great online dictionary called [http://priberam.pt/dlpo/], >>> you can try both was (pre-agreement/post-agreement), you can changed on the >>> settings button. >>> >>> Cheri Mello <[email protected]> escreveu no dia domingo, 16/12/2018 >>> à(s) 16:39: >>> >>>> Which way is the correct (modern) way to spell baptism? I see it both >>>> as "baptismo" and "batismo." I don't know if one is Brazilian vs. >>>> continental or it's just a mispelled word. Google Translate says one thing >>>> and Tombo.pt says another. I think it's with the "p" but I'm not 100% >>>> certain. Can a native speaker let me know? Thanks, >>>> Cheri Mello >>>> Listowner, Azores-Gen >>>> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira >>>> Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
