OT query: Etymology of Brazilian Portuguese "banzo"

Mark A. Mandel mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU
Thu Oct 12 18:13:25 UTC 2006


Gerald Cohen quotes:
    >>>>>

Semantically, banzo is more specific than Saudades. So that if you
feel banzo you also feel saudades but vice versa.

 <<<<<

Surely that should be "but NOT vice versa".

-- Mark A. Mandel
[This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.]

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