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OverviewPorto Velho is another of Brazil's last frontiers , a place where the adventurous or unemployed have gone to find fortune or flee misery. Given any community's natural tendency to reshape the meaning of words to fit local context or invent new words for new things (Brazil has at least 6 words for speed hump), as well as Brazil's common tendency to various types of linguistic imprecision, bringing them all together in a city essentially founded by Americans, with workers from various parts of the world, and encountering dozens of local tribes, confusion was almost inevitable.. Being a translator/interpreter makes me (Simon) a bit more anal about words than Beto who is more into the real world. Many a time I commented but this actually means X! , to which he replied: Yes, interesting isn't it! All of Simon's earnings go towards funding www.antoninomuseum.com Full Product DetailsAuthor: Simon Hamilton (Merck) , Beto BertagnaPublisher: Les Editions Du Frogologue Imprint: Les Editions Du Frogologue Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.159kg ISBN: 9782954756318ISBN 10: 2954756314 Pages: 130 Publication Date: 09 April 2014 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Language: Portuguese Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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