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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 05:07 PM
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Okay, what is the proper pronunciation of Pele (the soccer great)
I had always heard it was PayLay. ESPN has been pronouncing it Pallay.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 05:15 PM
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1. I asked a Brazilian friend. He says you're right, and they're wrong.
Redstone
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 05:27 PM
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2. Thank you!
that has been driving me nutso.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 05:45 PM
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5. He's Brazilian, but is a chef for a Mexican restaurant. Go figure.
It's hilarious when people try to talk to him in Spanish.

(In case you didn't know, written Spanish and Portuguese are VERY similar, but the spoken versions of them are about as similar as english and Dutch.)

Redstone
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 05:48 PM
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7. I did know that about Portugese
I love it when people assume people from Brasil speak Spanish!
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 05:50 PM
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9. Ask 100 Americans, and 99 of them will think that.
Redstone
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 05:51 PM
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11. ...
:eyes:

How the fuck did our country become so ethnocentric?
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 05:55 PM
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15. Because we're lazy.
Redstone
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 05:34 PM
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3. Njarl
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 05:39 PM
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4. ...
:hi:
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 05:46 PM
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6. Edson Orantes do Nascimiento
:yoiks:
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 05:48 PM
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8. ...
:rofl:
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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 05:51 PM
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10. bingo
:thumbsup:
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 05:53 PM
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13. I like how ESPN Soccernet posts the Brazilians' real names when they score
:thumbsup:
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 05:52 PM
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12. Bzzzzzzt.
It's Edson Arantes do Nascimento, you stupid Aggie! :spank: :spank: :spank:
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 05:54 PM
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14. I'm an ignernt 'Murkan...I was close. Give me some credit!
:P
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 07:11 PM
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17. doh! Beat to the punch
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 07:11 PM
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16. Edson Arantes do Nascimento
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