RE: It seems I'm not the only one wanting people to come visit Portugal!
February 22, 2016 at 7:01 am
(February 22, 2016 at 6:41 am)abaris Wrote:(February 22, 2016 at 6:36 am)pocaracas Wrote: Understanding the spoken word is another beast...
The only spoken foreign language where I daresay to understand even the slangs, is english.
As for Portugese. If they speak slowly enough, I get a bit of the meaning. I'm a collector of revolutionary songs, and yours - Grandola - is pretty understandable to me. Again, drawing from Spanish and Latin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaLWqy4e7ls
That song became associated with the 1974 revolution that put the previous dictatorship away, as it was played on the radio as the signal for the military to start the whole thing.
(February 22, 2016 at 6:41 am)Mancunian Wrote: I don't know what your benefit/healthcare system is like in Portugal, but I'm guessing its harder to get handouts over there.
The pork thing may also be something to do with it.
Portugal's healthcare is pretty much on par with the UK's NHS, I think...
There may be some details that differ... some for the better, some for the worse... as you'd expect.
