Discussion » Dispelling myths and stereotypes about your country

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ronaldojr

0 min 37 sec
37 mths ago

Some truth about carnival

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meeshkol

1 min 16 sec
37 mths ago

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MoiraH

1 min 20 sec
37 mths ago

Hi Ronaldo - great topic!

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osnacantab

3 min 17 sec
37 mths ago

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Johanna

0 min 47 sec
37 mths ago

Another Brit!

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mmvcentro

1 min 8 sec
37 mths ago

Wonderful idea Rolando!
The sound of my recording is not very clear, my computer needs a sound card

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meeshkol

2 min 25 sec
37 mths ago

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zer0graph

6 min 42 sec
37 mths ago

When i said "geological" i really meant "geographical", sorry.

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D-Oliver

4 min 9 sec
37 mths ago

Great topic, Ronaldo!
random thoughts . . .

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mmserra1970

2 min 14 sec
37 mths ago

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dragono193

0 min 22 sec
36 mths ago

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ms13

0 min 24 sec
36 mths ago

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Celso Arrais

1 min 12 sec
28 mths ago

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meeshkol

1 min 36 sec
28 mths ago

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southindies

1 min 20 sec
28 mths ago

Hi,if any one has any questions about india the land of beauty,I will be glad to reply them.

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tlj

3 min 8 sec
28 mths ago

Hi, everybody!
I'm from Brazil.
Stereotypes are there to be discussed and shared among us: we also can have fun with them.
As adults, we don't have enough time to think about them...

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meeshkol

4 min 3 sec
28 mths ago

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meeshkol

2 min 50 sec
28 mths ago

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tlj

5 min 18 sec
28 mths ago

Hello, everybody!
Well Brazilian media really dislike to say good things about Portugal and Argentina without making some jokes about them.
Brazilians are very provocative, and I think it's part of our sense of humour....

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Celso Arrais

4 min 37 sec
28 mths ago

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Celso Arrais

0 min 36 sec
28 mths ago

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meeshkol

3 min 56 sec
28 mths ago

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mariadocarmo

0 min 44 sec
28 mths ago

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joseantonio

2 min 45 sec
28 mths ago

Steretypes are also part of what we are. They kind of tell a partial truth about who we really are. Do they?

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janrw

5 min 7 sec
28 mths ago

LusoTropicalismo?

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Celso Arrais

3 min 31 sec
28 mths ago

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Celso Arrais

0 min 20 sec
28 mths ago

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Celso Arrais

0 min 47 sec
28 mths ago

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joseantonio

4 min 15 sec
28 mths ago

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janrw

6 min 3 sec
28 mths ago

www.antimoon.com/forum/t706-0.htm

www.answers.com/topic/portuguese-language

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Faby & Jack

1 min 32 sec
28 mths ago

Ola pessoal, em especial a nossa amiga Marysia, ca' estamos outra vez atraidos pelo tema
STEREOTYPES
Stereotypes in general, we have referred to them in other threads, for example “ The National Character...”
Here you have focused it to Brazil versus Portugal.
What can we say?
Well, we are a Brazilian/Portuguese couple, that have been or still are dealing with lots of stereotypes related to our own countries....
We may agree to almost what have been said till now....
....and want to add that rivalry between them is....just a joke...we mean it doesn’t exist...it’s not real...
On the other hand Brazil can’t be seen like any other European country for the simply fact that in reality is a federation of twenty eight states many of them are even bigger than those countries
Brazil has little or nothing to do with Europe...but Portugal has lot to do with Brazil ....it’s not just the common language...it’s much more than that...

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Faby & Jack

1 min 20 sec
28 mths ago

I came across to another Ivan Lessa’s writings…( a Brazilian journalist of BBC)
He’s not one of my favourites. I very often felt he goes too far on his MORDACITY.
Faby, my wife brought him to my attention again.
This time I found him….just ….HILARIOUS
I couldn’t resist to share it with all of you especially all the recent Brazilian posters.
www.bbc.co.uk/portuguese/reporterbbc/story/2007/11/071121_ivanlessapu.shtml
I really feel sorry for Marysia despite her great Spanish language knowledge she may quite well …be lost in translation…. Losing the best bits of it.
Any way it was really funny to find out ….that him ( Ivan Lessa ) could catch ( pick up) the way the English look towards the Scottish ( stereotype? )….despite being part of the United Kingdom….for long time….they still see them as just ANOTHER FOREIGNERS

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Faby & Jack

1 min 36 sec
28 mths ago

Our second last entry was too personal to a theme that is really vast.
It may help the Portuguese/Brazilian listeners/readers to have a quick look in to another BBC (Brazil) journalist writings www.bbc.co.uk/portuguese/reporterbbc/story/2007/11/071120_imigracao_np.shtml
I feel my self that the reason why we the Portuguese easy get into the Brazilian society is mainly due to some of our characteristics…hard-workers ...and tighter.. (the Brazilians call it “pao duro”…which I think in English would mean ...we are penny-wise but not pound-foolish…in other words we don’t waste our money.)
Most of the Portuguese that went to Brazil some decades ago ... were farmers or construction workers….but a lot of them turned in millionaires….they still are millionaires….they are part of the Brazilian “socialite”…they made their “El Dorado”
On the other hand the old Europe is not easy for them….the Brazilians….and Portugal is part of it.
Being able to speak the same language is indeed no

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meeshkol

4 min 2 sec
28 mths ago

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meeshkol

4 min 29 sec
28 mths ago

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diana2007