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January 2008
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Written by Tracy Reichdan
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Tuesday, 15 January 2008 16:04 |
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Saudades (an intense homesick feeling), the Portuguese word which I finally
understood as I embarked on the plane in Salvador tearing me away from home,
returning me to the United States. I turned slightly at the door, inhaling one
last breath of my beloved Brazil. One more glance etched in my memory. Silently
I sat beside my dearest friend, Shelley, as we both allowed the tears to freely
flow, feeling the full impact of saudades. My Premium Content
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Shelley, saudades is the EXACT same word as "miss" is in english. What you need to understand is that these morons that have told you, "there isn't an english word that equates with saudade", are 100% full of ignorant s**t. They think the word "miss" means to "miss a test", or, "miss jones", they just don't realize that it also means, "John, I desperately MISS you!" Which is the EXACT same word as Saudade! Funny when Brazilians try and make you feel like they have an emotion that people from other countries simply don't have!!
Estou com saudade de voce - translation - I miss you!
Coconut milk? Sure you don't mean agua de coco? Coconut water? They are different you know. Not very common to see someone drinking coconut MILK out of the tiny little brown, hairy coconuts, but certainly is common to see them drinking agua de coco out of the larger, green, coconuts.
And some Brazilians rag on americans for not being knowledgeable in geography....I have to laugh. When they ask me where I'm from I clearly say, "West Virginia", and possibly ONE out of the hundreds that have asked me understands, the rest always respond, "ohhh, Virginia, eu conhece alguem que foi para Richmond, blah, blah, blah, blah". And then I ask, "where are you from?" and they'll say something like "Minas Gerais", and I'll say, "Really, well I have a friend that used to live in Fortaleza!!!"
Wow, what's his name Tracy? I've been living in Aracaju for a decade now. Obviously you guys didn't plan to live here....wonder why that is?