OT query: Etymology of Brazilian Portuguese "banzo"

Jan Kammert write at SCN.ORG
Fri Oct 13 01:27:36 UTC 2006


This is the second time today that I've seen an e-mail message of someone
using "quotes" when I would use "says."    Is this a new usage?
Jan


On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Mark A. Mandel wrote:

> Gerald Cohen quotes:
>     >>>>>
>
> Semantically, banzo is more specific than Saudades. So that if you
> feel banzo you also feel saudades but vice versa.
>
>  <<<<<
>

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