#portugese

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An assortment of hand painted Portuguese tiles

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New Google Translate update has wonderful connotations

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Lingthusiasm Episode 113: Why "it's a diglossia!" explains so many social dynamics

In some communities, everyone regularly uses two languages or varieties according to the social situation, with one of them being more prestigious (and more likely to be written down) than the other. This particular kind of multilingualism is known as a diglossia.

In this episode, your hosts Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne get enthusiastic about diglossia! We talk about why diglossia is the answer to so many questions Gretchen gets asked at parties, what "high" and "low" versions of a language have to do with mountains, where the four "classic" cases of diglossia come from (Arabic, Greek, Haitian, and Swiss), and how at least some of them might not be diglossias anymore. We also talk about whether there are new diglossias emerging (French? English???) and how to tell if you might be in a diglossia.

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Here are the links mentioned in the episode:

'Diglossia' by Charles A. Ferguson

Wikipedia entry for 'Mozambican Portuguese'

Wikipedia entry for 'Brazlian Portugese'

Wikipedia entry for 'European Portugese'

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Lingthusiasm is created by Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne. Our senior producer is Claire Gawne, our production editor is Sarah Dopierala, our production assistant is Martha Tsutsui Billins, our editorial assistant is Jon Kruk, and our technical editor is Leah Velleman. Our music is ‘Ancient City’ by The Triangles.

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Today I remembered you... Maybe because I looked at the sky and saw stars, not because they were similar to the brightness of your eyes but because they were so far away from me!

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Heyy, im not really sure if this is how to request. Also english is noy my first language so im sorry for my writing. I would like a Pau Cubarsí request with a Brasilian girlfriend that puns with his name (im sorry if thats somehow a rude request) cause in portuguese his name means dick. If you could include something like she posting "eu e meu pau" on instagram (our humor is kinda broken so it would be the funniest thing ever) and him not understanding whats so funny. Sorry for the long request, i love your writing you are the best,feel free to ignore it. Love ya 🤍

Boyfriend - Pau Cubarsi

requested: Yes

Pairings: Brazilian!fem!reader x Bf!Pau

Genre: fluff

warning(s): a cock joke, that's it, but it's intentional for the request

Summary: Pau’s names meaning in portuguese is something you and your fellow portuguese speaking fans find funny so you tease him constantly, but Pau is confused 

word count: 392 (short but sweet)

A/N:i can't lie, i love this idea of a request, and i found it funny myself, but i do apologise for the wait and translated portuguese 

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You had always teased Pau for the meaning of his name in your mother tongue but refused to tell him what it actually meant. It had become a bit of a running inside joke to you and your Portuguese speaking fans every time you posted something with Pau. 

Recently, you got back from a holiday in Greece with Pau, and of course, you were going to post the pictures to your instagram to show off your beautiful boyfriend and amazing time you had there 

Yourusername

Yourusername me eu e meu Pau

Comments

paucubarsi i'm still confused but I love you mi Vida!

yourusername it's nothing to worry about and I love you too

userfan1 ain't no way she said that in her caption

userfan2 she's not wrong tho

paucubarsifan they're so cute together

yourusername thank you sweetheart

paucubarsifan omg! she replied.

After you had posted the endless amount of pictures on your Instagram, with your phone on silent to not distract you and Pau from the dreaded uppacking sequence.

Pau had a contemplative face on whilst staring at his phone, your recent posts comments section open, probably trying to figure out what your caption meant.

"Pau, baby, it's nothing bad, I promise, just funny" you say and stand in front of him to try to catch his eye for attention.

He sighs and turns his phone off, throwing it on to the couch before looking at you. Pau's hands rest on your sides, subconsciously rubbing his thumbs across them.

you, on the other hand sigh from being content with your boyfriend and his small actions that constantly bring you joy. "If you really want to know, your name in Portuguese means dick or cock so it's a running joke"

Pau's eyes light up and a small laugh escapes his lips when you explain before he looks a big sheepishly at you because he thought it was something way worse but actually it was funny to him.

"So that's why you put that as your caption" he blushed slightly and wrapped his arms around you, bringing you closer to press a soft kiss to your forehead. You nod against his chest and giggle.

Pau started laughing at your laugh as you stood in each others arms, you didn't want this little bubble of your own world to end. you were happy Pau didn't take the joke in the wrong way and you got him to laugh about it.

Pau lifted his head and looked around a the luggage with a sigh before picking you up and putting you over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. "this can wait, your caption is about to come true once more, mi Vida"

A/N: can't lie, wrote this quickly after being pissed off having no ideas for the smut requests (they will be out soon) but anyhoo, found this cute and fun and I hope you did too xx

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Tried to order a coffee and accidentally asked the attendant for a blow job :(

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Can Sonic characters speak any language besides English?