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| sumabeast Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6924 days ago 212 posts - 220 votes  Speaks: English*, Arabic (Written) | Message 9 of 43 04 October 2007 at 7:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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OK with all the postive comments, I thought I'd add a negative (sorry).
One the funniest descriptions I've heard of Portuguese it that is sounds like Spanish that was damaged upon arrival. that aside I can't get past the whinny sound of Portuguese, then there are the many slurry sounds, its speakers always seem to produce these odd nasal intonations that pop up everywhere unexpectedly. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| lloydkirk Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6411 days ago 429 posts - 452 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Russian | Message 10 of 43 04 October 2007 at 7:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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That's kind of funny. I always thought that Spanish sounded like italian damaged on delivery.
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| Marc Frisch Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6663 days ago 1001 posts - 1169 votes Speaks: German*, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Persian, Tamil | Message 11 of 43 05 October 2007 at 8:32am | IP Logged | ||
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I've already heard the same about Dutch/German and Danish/Swedish :-)
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| delectric Diglot Senior Member China Joined 7179 days ago 608 posts - 733 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: German | Message 12 of 43 05 October 2007 at 10:49am | IP Logged | ||
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Brazilian Jiujitsu or Gracie Jiujitsu!
The most effective grappling art or self defence system in the world. Often called the chess of martial arts due to it's tactical approach and many varied techniques. If you're a thinking man/woman (I assume most of the people are on this site) and you want to get into martial arts then this is one of the best. If you watch UFC or Pride then you'll probably know that when the fight goes to the gorund it's all about Brazilian Jiujitsu. It's not pretty but it works. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| El Forastero Pentaglot Senior Member Colombia alijunakai.blogspot.Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6267 days ago 186 posts - 228 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Portuguese, FrenchB1, EnglishC1, Italian Studies: German | Message 13 of 43 05 October 2007 at 2:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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I've heart that Portuguese is "Spanish Without bones"
Bones are the consonants 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Frisco Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6854 days ago 380 posts - 398 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Italian, Turkish, Mandarin | Message 14 of 43 05 October 2007 at 9:18pm | IP Logged | ||
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"Spanish without bones". That's an accurate description. Portuguese is extremely vowel heavy. In Spanish, you're almost always moving your tongue.
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| El Gringo Groupie United States Joined 6258 days ago 65 posts - 93 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 15 of 43 05 October 2007 at 11:16pm | IP Logged | ||
Wow, I have no idea what they are saying, but those are 2 buetiful and amazing songs. If you have any other Portuguese songs like that PM me. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| awake Senior Member United States Joined 6634 days ago 406 posts - 438 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Esperanto, Spanish | Message 16 of 43 06 October 2007 at 8:38am | IP Logged | ||
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Brazilian Juijitsu is a wonderful martial art, but it is not the "most effective" self defense system in the world.
First of all, it makes you extremely vulnerable. If you are grappling with someone on the ground, you are tied up with them (almost literally). If they have a friend, there is nothing to stop the friend from coming up and kicking you in the head. Taking a fight to the ground on purpose (which is what BJJ advocates) is a foolish choice unless you have enough control of the environment to ensure that the fight will only be one on one. As for the dominance of these sorts of styles in the UFC, the UFC has rules that are designed to give those sorts of styles an advantage. For example, some of the best means of dealing with grapplers, small joint manipulations (for example, grabbing fingers and breaking them), eye gouges, etc. are forbidden (for obvious reasons). And of course, in the octagon you are guaranteed a one-on-one fight (a guarantee hard to come by in the streets). But as I said, BJJ is a wonderful art. Often a fight will go to the ground whether you want it to or not, and if it does a complete martial artist should know what to do there. If someone were interested in adding grappling skills to their martial arts repertoire, BJJ is definitely a great choice. It's just not the end all and be all that some of its proponents claim. As Bruce Lee once said, "Absorb what is useful and discard the rest" Good advice for martial artists, language learners, and life. :)
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