Portugal travelogue

Tom Nelson schrieb:

> I know some Portuguese from trips to Brazil, and I was eager to try it
> in the mother country. I learned that, like Britain and the United
> States, Portugal and Brazil are two countries divided by a common
> language. The most distinctive thing about Portuguese in Portugal is
> the "sh" pronunciation of nearly every "s".

Besides Northern Portugal.

> It's as distinctive as the
> "th" of Castilian Spanish. A crowd of Portuguese talking together is a
> sibilant symphony of soft sonic explosions. The Praça dos Restoradores,
> where we stayed, is pronounced "PRAH-sa dos RESH-toh-rah-DOH-resh."

PRAH-sa dosh REST-toh-ra-DOH-resh, please.

Regards, ULF

Ulf,
Is northern Portugal's Portuguese more similar to southern Brazil's?
I'd have said "PRAH-sah doze HEST-to-ra-DO-rez" based on how my
Brazilian friends speak.
Tom

In article <e0dqtf$g8s$13@news1.zdv.uni-mainz.de>, Ulf Kutzner
<kutzu000@mail.uni-mainz.de> wrote:

> Tom Nelson schrieb:
>
> > I know some Portuguese from trips to Brazil, and I was eager to try it
> > in the mother country. I learned that, like Britain and the United
> > States, Portugal and Brazil are two countries divided by a common
> > language. The most distinctive thing about Portuguese in Portugal is
> > the "sh" pronunciation of nearly every "s".
>
> Besides Northern Portugal.

Tom Nelson schrieb:

> Is northern Portugal's Portuguese more similar to southern Brazil's?
> I'd have said "PRAH-sah doze HEST-to-ra-DO-rez" based on how my
> Brazilian friends speak.

Yes and no. They do pronounce 'r' as 'r' in the beginning of a word in
Portugal.

Regards, ULF