[thechat] any portuguese speakers here?

Bob Davis bobd at members.evolt.org
Tue Jul 9 16:20:00 CDT 2002


At 3:15 PM -0400 7/9/02, aardvark wrote:
>  > From: javier velasco <lists at mantruc.com>
>>
>>  > ideally, portuguese as spoken in brazil...
>>
>>  why so much mystery' shoot away (been there a couple of times)
>
>no mystery...  i need "aardvark" translated...  failing that, "anteater"
>will do...

I thought that aardvark, being of dutch/Afrikaans origin, would be
aardvark in every language.

Is it different?

Better yet - what do they call the same critter in Mozambique?
(formerly a Portuguese colony and the home of piri-piri
chicken....yummy!)

bob

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