destiny

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Obviously it's not the same deal, but I guess it's worth taking a look...

[deejaaa]

that’s a good idea.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

I guess you notice the raised section above the cabin roof, which may work in a similar way to those wind deflectors fitted to some day-cab big rigs.

[redpoint5]

I just don't know why Portuguese sounds so much like Spanish, and Brazil speaks that rather than all of their surrounding neighbors. Do people from Portugal have a different accent than Brazilians?

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

I just don't know why Portuguese sounds so much like Spanish

Portugal was dismembered from spain shortly after the Reconquista.

and Brazil speaks that rather than all of their surrounding neighbors

There are mostly Spanish-speaking countries surrounding Brazil, yet the largest border between Brazil and another country is with France, since the French Guyana is not an independent country. There is also the formerly British Guyana where English is the official language, and Suriname where Dutch is the official language.

Do people from Portugal have a different accent than Brazilians?

Even within Brazil, accents vary a lot among different regions, yet it's mostly understandable for people from different regions, otherwise nobody would be able to understand what each other says. On a sidenote, recently Lula da Silva said he couldn't understand what a Portuguese said to him

[freebeard]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

I just don't know why Portuguese sounds so much like Spanish, and Brazil speaks that rather than all of their surrounding neighbors.

It's called Popery

popery
pō′pə-rē
noun

---The doctrines, practices, and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church.
---The doctrines, customs, ceremonies, and polity associated with the office and person of the Pope, or with the Roman Catholic Church, of which he is the supreme head; papacy: used in opprobrium.
---The religion of the Roman Catholic Church, comprehending doctrines and practices; -- generally used in an opprobrious sense.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

Specifically, the Treaty of Tordesillas

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Treaty_of_Tordesillas
Treaty of Tordesillas - Wikipedia
The Treaty of Tordesillas, [note 1] signed in Tordesillas, Spain on 7 June 1494, and authenticated in Setúbal, Portugal, divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between the Portuguese Empire and the Spanish Empire ( Crown of Castile ), along a meridian 370 leagues [note 2] west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa.

But Man proposes and God disposes. The resulting line is anything but straight.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Specifically, the Treaty of Tordesillas

Have you ever been in Brazil?

[freebeard]

No, but I've been to Wikipedia.

I first learned of the line in Geography class many decades ago. Brazil really got the short end of the deal coastlinewise.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by freebeard

I first learned of the line in Geography class many decades ago.

I guess Rio de Janeiro was still the capital instead of Brasília.