Looking at an article on the decline of the Airbus A380.

(June 6, 2016 at 5:07 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote:

(June 6, 2016 at 5:02 pm)pocaracas Wrote: ah!
It's not "Nao"... it's "Não" that's tricky to say... that ão is not exactly a sound that is heard in the English language.

Yeah, I'm not sure how to do that symbol on my keyboard

It's almost like a soft "n" sound at the end of the word? My ex was from (sorry, gonna do it again, no symbol haha) Sao Paulo and he would say it like "Saun Paulo"

ETA - Ohh I thought he was saying he "couldn't" say it like he was trying not to out of habit or something

yeah... it's a nasal sound... more so in Brazilian.
All nasal sounds carry a bit of that 'gnnn'

Also hold the Alt key and type (on the numpad) 0227... you'll get: ã

Omg it worked!

São Paulo
Não

Omg this friend, I'm at my fucking wits end with him

"I've literally fallen head over heels for this guy and it makes me sick that I can't say how much because I don't want to scare him off"

You've known him a FUCKING WEEK. Ffs this is just old now, over and over again this happens.

(June 6, 2016 at 3:26 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote:

(June 6, 2016 at 2:04 pm)c172 Wrote: On a serious note, I love how Portuguese sounds. I used to watch the Brasileirao on GOL TV quite a bit. I suppose BRA and POR speak the language differently, though.

I think the Romance languages in general sound beautiful, they're just such sexy languages, especially Spanish and Italian. I've wondered actually, does the English word "Romantic" mean what it means because of how beautiful the languages sound, or are the languages called "Romance" because they sound beautiful? It's like a chicken or egg situation.

They're called Romance Languages because they developed from Vulgar Latins, i.e. the language of Rome.

As for whether they're sexy languages or just sound beautiful, you tell me


I may not be entirely impartial in my judgement tho

Quote:@Clueless Morgan - Why you no can say "Nao"? Just do it, haha

Talk to Poca about my troubles sometime. When I just do it, I do it WRONG!!!!

(June 6, 2016 at 6:05 pm)pocaracas Wrote: yeah... it's a nasal sound... more so in Brazilian.
All nasal sounds carry a bit of that 'gnnn'

It's not nasal-sounding to me at all It sounds like a very open, back-of-the-throat sound.

Oh, they're definitely sexy. I'm instantly 50x easier if you speak Italian, Spanish or Portuguese. Yes, I clearly have a type...

But some Portuguese speakers can't say the letter "R", so it goes both ways

I died when I heard this Brazilian guy call Rihanna "Hihanna", and "Lana Del Hey" as well, sorry

(June 6, 2016 at 7:37 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote:

(June 6, 2016 at 3:26 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: I think the Romance languages in general sound beautiful, they're just such sexy languages, especially Spanish and Italian. I've wondered actually, does the English word "Romantic" mean what it means because of how beautiful the languages sound, or are the languages called "Romance" because they sound beautiful? It's like a chicken or egg situation.

They're called Romance Languages because they developed from Vulgar Latins, i.e. the language of Rome.

As for whether they're sexy languages or just sound beautiful, you tell me

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I may not be entirely impartial in my judgement tho

(June 6, 2016 at 7:37 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote:

Quote:@Clueless Morgan - Why you no can say "Nao"? Just do it, haha

Talk to Poca about my troubles sometime. When I just do it, I do it WRONG!!!!

You'll get there.... all it takes is some practice...

(June 6, 2016 at 7:37 pm)Clueless Morgan Wrote:

(June 6, 2016 at 6:05 pm)pocaracas Wrote: yeah... it's a nasal sound... more so in Brazilian.
All nasal sounds carry a bit of that 'gnnn'

It's not nasal-sounding to me at all It sounds like a very open, back-of-the-throat sound.

oh... okay.... back of the throat AND nasal... maybe that's the trick that's missing.... ?

Learning of Kimbo Slice's death.

(June 6, 2016 at 7:50 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: Oh, they're definitely sexy. I'm instantly 50x easier if you speak Italian, Spanish or Portuguese. Yes, I clearly have a type...

But some Portuguese speakers can't say the letter "R", so it goes both ways

I died when I heard this Brazilian guy call Rihanna "Hihanna", and "Lana Del Hey" as well, sorry

yeah... Brazillians can have a certain difficulty in saying things properly....

pt-br has evolved and became a bit weird with sounds that are not in the written words and crazy stuff like calling their country "Bráziu".

But pt-pt, the mother tongue, that one gives you some nice R's... trilled or hard? we do it! And they makes us end up sounding a bit like russians

Bachelorette.