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Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Gabe Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I Googled Portophile and came up with, a lover of > Port Wine....seems like we have, many Port Wine > lovers on this forum, beware the gout though! A > good drink is Brandy & Port, to knock your socks > off. > > Perhaps the writer meant Lusophile? > Mario's research findings: > Seeking answers to Gabe's intriguing question, I, too, Googled "Portophile" but, unlike Gabe, who found some connection to Port Wine, I came up with the following: > "No standard web pages containing all your search terms were found.", and, > "Your search - Portophile - did not match any documents." > I then Googled "Lusophile" and came up with a similar response. Nada. Nyet. Nothing. > I Wikied "Portophile" and "Lusophile" and also came up with nothing. Finally, I Wikied "Lusitania" and came up with the following: > "Lusitania was an ancient Roman province approximately including current Portugal, except for the area between the rivers Douro and Minho, and part of modern day western Spain, the present autonomous community of Extremadura. It was named after the Lusitani or Lusitanian people. The Lusitani were strong warriors whose origins are uncertain. Its capital was Augusta Emerita (currently Mérida)" > Interesting. And all these years I thought Lusitania referred specifically to Portugal - some colonial brain-washing no doubt. > Not to be deterred, I Wikied "Anglophile" and came up with the following: > "An Anglophile is a non-English person who is fond of English culture and England in general, its antonym is Anglophobe" > Answers.com said the following about "Indophile" > "An Indophile is a person who loves India, Indian culture, cuisine, religions, history and the people of India." > Amazingly, for the word "Portohile", Answers.com led me to Gabe's post on Goanet. However, it provided no useful leads to the meaning of "Lusophile", so I was back to square one. > My conclusion is that similar logic can be applied to Portophile or Lusophile as to Indophile and Anglophile, and that there is no difference between a Portophile and a Lusophile. Similarly, no difference between the antonyms Portophobe and a Lusophobe. Use whatever suits your fancy. > Besides, how many people with no connection to Portugal are familiar with "Lusitania", and its derived prefix, "Luso", which according to Wikipedia, includes Portugal, "except for the area between the rivers Douro and Minho"? > As most Goanetters must have figured out by now, it's been a slow day :-)) > > _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)