Portuguese language changes

[Tom Zurinskas]

 <200910042333.n94ArLNt000583 at malibu.cc.uga.edu>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
MIME-Version: 1.0


(Note: this is hotmail plain text.  Hope it's OK)
=20
Brazil has won the latest Olympics site competition.  Below is a clip about=
 changes to the Portuguese spelling and pronunciation.  It shows that chang=
es can happen.

*http://www.hindu.com/lr/2009/10/04/stories/2009100450100300.htm*
<http://www.hindu.com/lr/2009/10/04/stories/2009100450100300.htm>*=20
=20
* ".... One thing on the minds of all Brazilian publishers is the Novo Acor=
do =97the new orthographic agreement for the Portuguese language. At a time=
 when other languages=2C particularly English=2C seem to be celebrating the=
irlinguistic diversity=2C Portuguese will move towards uniformity thanks to=
 an accord signed by seven Portuguese-speaking countries (Brazil=2C Portuga=
l=2CAngola=2C Mozambique=2C Cape Verde=2C Guinea-Bissau=2C Sao Tome and Pri=
ncipe)=2C which comes (sic) into force January 2009. Three letters will be =
dropped from the alphabet=2C umlauts will no longer be used for certain wor=
ds=2C hyphens will have no place for many others=2C and there will be pronu=
nciation changes as well. About 0.5 per cent of Portuguese words in Brazil =
will undergo a change=2C which means that publishers will have to read and =
introduce the alterations in any book they decide to reprint. =93This will =
involve both work and money=2C=94one publisher grumbles.=20



Tom Zurinskas=2C USA - CT20=2C TN3=2C NJ33=2C FL7+
see truespel.com phonetic spelling                                        =0A=
_________________________________________________________________=0A=
Hotmail: Free=2C trusted and rich email service.=0A=
http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/=

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org