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Yeah his mother was born in a little hamlet on Pico island surrounded by woods called Prainha do Norte her family surname was Quaresma. I know the family.
People of Portuguese ancestry (especially from the Azores) don't look different from other Californians, they speak the same language without accent, so the only thing that might give them away is certain last names.
I don't think the Portuguese are considered Latinos as such, although it is inconsistent, of course...
I am not Portuguese, but I have lived here for more than a decade, in a town on the SW coast that is increasingly popular as a weekend and summer vacation spot with Spanish people.
The Portuguese characterize the Spanish as superior-acting, rude and loud; the Spanish think that the Portuguese are taciturn, melancholy and unsophisticated. However, neither side seems to let these stereotypes get in the way of general good behavior.
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I eat every day in a restaurant owned by a Portuguese man, and staffed by several Brazilian relatives of his. By his estimate 80% of his summer customers are Spanish, and he rolls his eyes whenever he refers to them, but always with a grin. The Brazilians get along famously with the Spanish customers, but refer to them as "as galinhas" (the chickens) because of their rapid, clipped accents and tendency to speak loudly.
I have to say that sitting there day after day, I do understand the nickname. I lived in a NYC neighborhood with many Puerto Ricans and Cubans for decades and I thought their Spanish was spoken rapidly, but these tourists from Spain leave them in the dust!
I have never travelled in Spain except for Catalunya, so I really don't know if my observation applies to Spanish or specifically to Catalans. But I found the people there more abrupt on the whole in their dealings (speaking of clerks in stores, waiters, hotel reception, etc.) than I am accustomed to in Portugal.
I spent a few pre-elementary years in Carcavelos, just across the tracks from St. Julian's. I don't recall much of the Portuguese people but on return visit found them to be quite nice, but reserved.
In my encounters with Spanish origin and derived people I sometimes get a sense of an over extended self evaluation and expectation of others. There was plenty of that in my public schools in west Texas. I generally take my choices else where.
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I am attaching a link that will give you an indication about where the Portuguese community in California lives it is a Festa schedule a celebration unique to the Azores Islands region of Portugal easily 90% of the Portuguese in California are from the 5 islands located in the central region of the Azores. The ads you see symbolize the charities the organization supports.
I am attaching a link that will give you an indication about where the Portuguese community in California lives it is a Festa schedule a celebration unique to the Azores Islands region of Portugal easily 90% of the Portuguese in California are from the 5 islands located in the central region of the Azores. The ads you see symbolize the charities the organization supports.
Today I was at a store and as I was waiting in line, an old man started to speak, I know it was Spanish, but, like many old people in both countries, he had few teeth left and spoke some dialect like from the deepest woods of god knows where. I hardly understand anything. He looked around, lost, wondering why nobody spoke to him, but judging from the faces of the Portuguese they did not understand him, either. Was so weird, I felt like asking him if he was aware he was in Portugal
Today I was at a store and as I was waiting in line, an old man started to speak, I know it was Spanish, but, like many old people in both countries, he had few teeth left and spoke some dialect like from the deepest woods of god knows where. I hardly understand anything. He looked around, lost, wondering why nobody spoke to him, but judging from the faces of the Portuguese they did not understand him, either. Was so weird, I felt like asking him if he was aware he was in Portugal
I'm going to take a wild stab at it and guess that you are currently living somewhere in the interior of the Alentejo region near the border somewhere near Evora.
The old stereotype of the Alentejo region being the backwoods of Portugal I assumed the old man was from somewhere similar across the border.
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