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Yep in the US some think Portugal is in Latin America.
I had a Portuguese friend whose family immigrated to the U.S. when he was in primary school and he did not return permanently to Portugal until after he was graduated from high school. He claimed that he met Americans, who when he said he came from Portugal, assumed that he came from Puerto Rico.
I had a Portuguese friend whose family immigrated to the U.S. when he was in primary school and he did not return permanently to Portugal until after he was graduated from high school. He claimed that he met Americans, who when he said he came from Portugal, assumed that he came from Puerto Rico.
I had a Portuguese friend whose family immigrated to the U.S. when he was in primary school and he did not return permanently to Portugal until after he was graduated from high school. He claimed that he met Americans, who when he said he came from Portugal, assumed that he came from Puerto Rico.
It's sad to say but many people living in the USA even very intelligent people are extremely ignorant in terms of geography.
No he means that in Canada (or the Francophone in general, I'm not sure) if books are written in English and are from America, they'd say that they are translated from "American" instead of translated from English. Same goes for Portuguese, and I'm guessing for any other language spoken by more than one country.
Exactly. I was talking about foreign books translated from other languages into French.
It's sad to say but many people living in the USA even very intelligent people are extremely ignorant in terms of geography.
True, but I have found that in a lot of countries. I've had conversations with so called intelligent people in Europe who had no idea Canada had a Pacific coast for example.
Seems like you also misunderstand your own country.
Manaus
Rio de Janeiro
Salvador Bahia
Itabuna Bahia
Wasn't he pointing out misconceptions, what people think Brazil is? It's kind of true- as someone else pointed out, people think these types of things of many Latin American countries.
True, but I have found that in a lot of countries. I've had conversations with so called intelligent people in Europe who had no idea Canada had a Pacific coast for example.
This is quite true. I lived with some Spaniards in Spain who were from very small towns and they always asked me how life in South America was. I would explain again and again that I lived in CA but they didn't get it I guess. Lol Many people were also perplexed that I was fully bilingual English/Spanish.
Wasn't he pointing out misconceptions, what people think Brazil is? It's kind of true- as someone else pointed out, people think these types of things of many Latin American countries.
Yes, but as if people were generalizing whole Brazil as specific parts of the country. But he pointed parts of the country that are very different to his descriptions.
Manaus is one of the most industrial centers, as well as Salvador and Rio de Janeiro. People don't go naked to Carnaval, not all soccer players are black, others parts of brazil with higher altitude also have cool winters.
He seems to have even more unfamiliarity about Brazil than gringos.
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