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Originally posted by: immunoblot

<font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Did you find anything nice in the channel, Smita ji?? </font>⭐️

No I think the guy is searching for a story.

He wants people to share their experiences.
Example :"what do you see when you stare at a blank wall?"

Between What kind of accent is that,I got a hint of inspector Clouseau/Spanish

Originally posted by: Veritas

No I think the guy is searching for a story.
He wants people to share their experiences.
Example :"what do you see when you stare at a blank wall?"
Between What kind of accent is that,I got a hint of inspector Clouseau/Spanish

He's Brazillian. His mother tongue is Portuguese... It sounds odder than Spanish, but in English, you may not be able to discriminate...

Originally posted by: immunoblot

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He's Brazillian. His mother tongue is Portuguese... It sounds odder than Spanish, but in English, you may not be able to discriminate... </font>

His post on bitterness is quiet good,you would like it.

Originally posted by: Veritas

His post on bitterness is quiet good,you would like it.

Smita ji, I need to listen to it... but I'm amazed at how well you felt my pulse. 😃

Originally posted by: immunoblot

<font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Smita ji, I need to listen to it... but I'm amazed at how well you felt my pulse. 😃</font>

Is not on you but its for you.

Originally posted by: Veritas

Is not on you but its for you.

I gathered. 🤗
I liked reading it... I feel healthy! 😆😆😆

You know, Frau Blot-to-be can understand written Portuguese.
I think, she told me once that she read the original version of the book, and was rather struck with the style of his writing, but I'm not sure which language she read it in... (What I am trying to say is that it perhaps it seemed odd even in Portuguese...) 😛

Originally posted by: immunoblot

<font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">I gathered. 🤗
I liked reading it... I feel healthy! </font><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">😆</font><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">😆</font><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">😆</font><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">

You know, Frau Blot-to-be can understand written Portuguese.
I think, she told me once that she read the original version of the book, and was rather struck with the style of his writing, but I'm not sure which language she read it in... (What I am trying to say is that it perhaps it seemed odd even in Portuguese...) 😛</font>

May be there were aspects(linguistic and cultural) we missed due to translation in English.
May be thats the way they roll in Portugese.
Case in point
Korean Air once had a disturbing record of crashes, attributable not to poor maintenance or any incompetence on the part of Korean pilots but to cultural practices of deference and linguistic indirection -- that is, it's up to the listener to figure out the speaker's meaning in Korean, while in English it's the speaker's duty to make himself clear.
This was a deadly trait in the cockpit, when co-pilots were unable to bring themselves to tell the captain, "Sir, we're about to hit that mountain."
Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins coined the word "meme" to indicate a small, persisting unit of culture, in effect our social DNA.
Korean Air practiced a form of memetic engineering to change its cockpit culture. It coached its pilots out of old habits and made sure their English skills were strong.

taken from Outliers

Originally posted by: Veritas

May be there were aspects(linguistic and cultural) we missed due to translation in English.
May be thats the way they roll in Portugese.
Case in point
Korean Air once had a disturbing record of crashes, attributable not to poor maintenance or any incompetence on the part of Korean pilots but to cultural practices of deference and linguistic indirection -- that is, it's up to the listener to figure out the speaker's meaning in Korean, while in English it's the speaker's duty to make himself clear.
This was a deadly trait in the cockpit, when co-pilots were unable to bring themselves to tell the captain, "Sir, we're about to hit that mountain."
Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins coined the word "meme" to indicate a small, persisting unit of culture, in effect our social DNA.
Korean Air practiced a form of memetic engineering to change its cockpit culture. It coached its pilots out of old habits and made sure their English skills were strong.

taken from Outliers

Lux et veritas

Originally posted by: Veritas

May be there were aspects(linguistic and cultural) we missed due to translation in English.
May be thats the way they roll in Portugese.
Case in point
Korean Air once had a disturbing record of crashes, attributable not to poor maintenance or any incompetence on the part of Korean pilots but to cultural practices of deference and linguistic indirection -- that is, it's up to the listener to figure out the speaker's meaning in Korean, while in English it's the speaker's duty to make himself clear.
This was a deadly trait in the cockpit, when co-pilots were unable to bring themselves to tell the captain, "Sir, we're about to hit that mountain."
Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins coined the word "meme" to indicate a small, persisting unit of culture, in effect our social DNA.
Korean Air practiced a form of memetic engineering to change its cockpit culture. It coached its pilots out of old habits and made sure their English skills were strong.

taken from Outliers

I don't think that it has anything to do with how the Portuguese write...
Paulo's writing is surreal even for Portuguese speakers. I have it on good authority now... My wife-to-be speaks Spanish (practically like her mother tongue), and has a good grasp of written Portuguese; and she just confirmed the surrealism of the writing style to me once again... (If you'd like to, you should confirm this with someone else who read the book in the original!)
The English translation has preserved the manner of writing, though my source is too uninspired to read both the manuscripts again for a detailed review... 😛

And that is an interesting story, Smita ji! This video contributes nothing for the discussion, but I was reminded of it after reading your story. (The Germans take elocution lessons on learning how to pronounce "TH"...) check out this video clip:

Originally posted by: BigBella

<font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">We need to add Outliers to the list...its a fantastic book.</font>

<font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Hey Veritas,</font>

<font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Curiosity killed the bird…are you representing Yale on this forum?😳</font>

<p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Lux et veritas </font></p></font>

I know we should add Outliers and even Gladwell's old book "the tipping Point"
Can we do that Blot ji .... pleaaaaaaaaaaaase

Yale ... me...nothing that fantastic.
I just like mythologies and goddesses.
My old ID was Ishtar and if you check the wiki entry you would know why I changed it