He's never played for a Portuguese team, has he? I thought it was just Frogs and Krauts.
And Gabon was French, I thought. The 'Geezers just had Angola. I mean, fair play to him, but I don't see where he learned it.
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He's never played for a Portuguese team, has he? I thought it was just Frogs and Krauts.
And Gabon was French, I thought. The 'Geezers just had Angola. I mean, fair play to him, but I don't see where he learned it.
He's just one of them fellas, He can do whatever he likesQuote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
he also speals Italian
His mum was Spanish - hopes this helpsQuote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
Oh, I get the Wop. He was with AC Milan for years at the start of his career, despite mostly being loaned out to France.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
I just don't see how he learnt Portuguese. Was his best mate at Dortmund or wherever a Brazzer?
That does help. They understood my South American Spanish in Portugal. But it's still not the same, is it? They sound like their speaking Russian to me. Obrigado.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
:hehe: Only joking - from my understanding of the quote from Martinelli, he just said an introduction in Portuguese - as in All right, mate. He does speak English, French, German, Spanish and Italian though so maybe in his spare time he's learnt another languageQuote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
That's sort of what I was getting at when I said than on my two visits to Portugal, they understood the Spanish I'd learned in S. America.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
But I'm fairly sure they'd have known I was trying to speak Spanish, not Portuguese.
Maybe Auba just went "Hola, mi amigo" and young Gabby was so chuffed it sounded like pwoppa Portuguese to him.
I mean, does it really matter?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
Rich footballer with loads of time on his hands.
Probably learnt some words from every language to help his “chat up” game when he’s partying imo
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/...20181116220504Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich
Yeah - I love Portugal but the language always gets me. You are right about it sounding Russian sometimes. Apparently, though Portuguese people struggle to understand Brazilians so who knows what they getQuote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
There’s that chap who’s on podcasts sometimes. Might be Portuguese, might be Brazilian, who can say. Anyway, the point is, when you hear him pronounce Coutinho you learn what a silly language Portugal’s is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
I think they do it on purpose so they don't sound Spanish. It's basically Glaswegian Iberico. When you listen to the Latin accent in France, Italy and Spain, how come that little bit suddenly sounds like Vladivostok in comparison?Quote:
Originally Posted by Luis Anaconda
As I say, I reckon they spoke the same until 1640 when they became independent again, and just wanted to sound as different as possible. NB This is pure speculation. I haven't read or studied anything even suggesting this.
Let's face it, if your national language isn't even along the lines of your country name then you shouldn't exist. I'm looking at you America and Australia. Scotland and Ireland too.
I hope this helpsQuote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
"Gabon's first confirmed European visitors were Portuguese explorers and traders who arrived in the late 15th century. The Portuguese settled on the offshore islands of São Tomé, Príncipe, and Fernando Pó, but were regular visitors to the coast"
Is it pronounced Mustshooteverytimehehasball?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
Just like they were swapping bronze for slaves in Benin for centuries. {cf the stunning artefacts in the British Museum.}Quote:
Originally Posted by TheCurly
But they weren't the colonial power at the time when mass education would have started in the late C19th or early C20th and as such, they wouldn't have left a lasting linguistic impression on the country.
{1st in Imperial history, init?}
Indeed. My own fair island was invaded by a foreign foe from the C15th onwards and one can still hear on a few secluded areas the remains of the invaders tongueQuote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
I thought the Vikings invaded and founded Dublin long before that.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheCurly
Funny, I was speaking to a Brazilian chap just yesterday who assured me the Spanish and Portuguese were very similar.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult
Yet when I asked some of the locals in Lisbon they assured me they were completely different. :sherlock:
I was speaking tongue-firmly-in-cheek A :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
I was always taught in school that any place name ending in FORD in basically Nog and there is a many here.
Funnily enough Junior and I were watching the game on Tuesday with an Arabic commentary and he commented (as a non-Spanish speaker) how Spanish it sounded to him.The Moorish influence on Spanish i would assume?
Nah, here in unconquered Wessex we have loads of -fords. Why, the other day I was in Greenford and Brentford.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheCurly
It's Frisian, as it turns out, so Auld English. :judge:
Well one considers oneself told and no mistake :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash