Thanks to all who have contributed to this thread. The comments regarding
the French influence are quite interesting. I have a number of Sao Miguel
ancestors from the town of Vila Franca do Campo (I think that's correct)
which translates to French Camp. Why would anyone name a town French
Thank you, Herb, that very enlightening!
MaryAnn
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Herb herbandj...@verizon.net wrote:
Hi David
I was born in Sao Miguel and still speak Portuguese with the Sao Miguel
accent. It sounds absolutely nothing like Brazilian Portuguese
pronunciation. Its like
I recently spent a day in Sao Miguel on a cruise. I speak very little
Portuguese, but growing up the Portuguese that I did learn was from my Sao
Miguel relatives. I hired a tour guide, recommended by George Pacheco, and
had a fabulous time. The point is: while practicing my Portuguese
Hi,
If you want to translate FRANCA, Vila Franca do Campo, the translation would be
tax free village!
Eliseu Pacheco da Silva
No dia 14/07/2013, às 13:56, David Perry djperr...@sbcglobal.net escreveu:
Thanks to all who have contributed to this thread. The comments regarding
the French
I'm Brazilian and so my Portuguese is from Brazil, where I lived most of my
life. Brazil is almost as big as US, having several different accents as we
have here in US if you go from N to S or E to W.
I have been to Portugal and to Azores (Terceira) and I never had a problem
communicating
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Pronunciation, Lisbon vs. Sao Miguel
Portuguese
From: David Perry djperr...@sbcglobal.net
Date: Sun, July 14, 2013 6:56 am
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Also, the comments about educated vs. uneducated folks holds true with my family. At least seven and possibly
*Isabella,
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*For the most part, I agree with most of what you said. I now can
understand just about any Portuguese speaking person so much so that when I
hear someone speaking on the radio, I sometimes have to think is that a
Brazilian or an Azorean? But it took time. It WAS a problem
Very interesting Herb!
Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas,
Achada
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Hi David!
I would like to compliment you on your lecture! It is very close to the
state of the art as we have the knowledge nowadays.
Eliseu, native speaker.
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