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To: ga medic

Nope. Still busted.

Sorry your husband suffers because of the difficult times we live in. I wish we lived in less difficult times, but we don't. If we act in such a way that your husband is never offended or inconvenienced, we will leave ourselves much more vulnerable to people who want us dead.

Sorry about that. I wish it was not so, but it is.

BTW, I have never heard of Portuguese being mistaken for anything other than Spanish. And in my neighborhood, we know Portuguese.


43 posted on 08/20/2006 2:58:46 PM PDT by gridlock (The 'Pubbies will pick up at least TWO seats in the Senate and FOUR seats in the House in 2006)
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To: gridlock

"BTW, I have never heard of Portuguese being mistaken for anything other than Spanish. And in my neighborhood, we know Portuguese."

I have always thought that Spanish and Portuguese were almost identical when spoken. However, not the case for some. Maybe the point here should be that if you are going to throw someone out of a store or off of a plane for speaking Arabic, you should at least be sure that they are really speaking Arabic.


65 posted on 08/20/2006 3:40:02 PM PDT by ga medic
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To: gridlock
I have never heard of Portuguese being mistaken for anything other than Spanish. And in my neighborhood, we know Portuguese

Right! Spanish is my native language and I have spoken with people who only speak Portuguese... both languages are similar enough that we could understand each other. Mistaken for Arabic? My foot!

91 posted on 08/20/2006 4:45:20 PM PDT by Former Fetus (fetuses are 100% pro-life, they just don't vote yet!)
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