Doh! Moment: Watching Brazilian movie tonight.....

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and had no idea that Portuguese is not even a third cousin to Spanish. I would hear an occasional familiar inflection but that was it.

How did two people in such proximity retain such strong language differences? Amazing.

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Topic - Doh! Moment: Watching Brazilian movie tonight..... - mr grits 01:21:47 10/03/11 (5)

Actually, if you read the languages side-by-side, they are VERY similar. But Spanish, as spoken in - tinear 08:43:46 10/03/11 (2)

Tin, after watching quite a bit of Spanish film I could not hear.... - mr grits 11:35:38 10/03/11 (1)

It takes a trained ear. Once you master one, the other is much easier than French or Italian, - tinear 12:15:40 10/03/11 (0)

RE: Duh ... - Jeff Starrs 04:36:21 10/03/11 (1)

Double D'oh! France/Germany ^ - Road Warrior 07:19:17 10/03/11 (0)

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