hey, fiction writers/game designers/worldbuilders/etc

brazil is not a hispanic country

we do not speak spanish

"hernandez" is not a brazilian surname

@squirrel I had reached my mid-30s before I heard my first word of (European) Portuguese, and only because my former boss has a Portuguese dad who spoke it. I thought it would sound close to Spanish, but strangely, it sounded almost Russian to me, and could never be confused for Spanish.

@thor Brazilian Portuguese is even further away, sounding close to nothing like European Portuguese

@squirrel That's interesting. I'm not convinced that many people here in Norway are aware that not only do Brazilians not speak Spanish, but Portuguese, but it's not even the same as the Portuguese spoken in Portugal. Again, I was only alerted to the fact by my former boss. We are generally vague on the differences between South American countries, except we know that Peru is "pan flute and mountains Latin America" and Mexico is "hats, guitars and maracas Latin America"...

@squirrel ...also, that Brazilians are fond of soccer.