Comments on: What’s Brazil’s Problem?

By: ericsan

ericsan — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:13:39 +0000

Fundie chocolate, new and improved, now with Brazil nuts!

By: Balparda

Balparda — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:10:31 +0000

Portugal has 1/18th Brazil’s population, and Portugal probably has larger English literacy on average.

By: Paulo A.

Paulo A. — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:17:49 +0000

Goolge rocks: Portuguese Spanish Click the "listen to this translation" button to hear the pronunciation. The portuguese link gives the "right" way to say it. People actually talk more like the spanish link.

By: Ron Britton

Ron Britton — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:57:59 +0000

Yes, it is a common misspelling of fondue.

It’s odd that the misspelling is limited to Brazil. Is “ue” pronounced as “ee” in Portuguese? Shouldn’t Portugal also be on the above list?

even most English litterate people in Brazil wouldn’t know what a “fundie” is, even though we do have some around

I wish we only had “some” here. Up here, there are so many around they practically run the place (ruin the place is more like it).

By: Balparda

Balparda — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:43:55 +0000

Long time reader from Brazil here. Yes, it is a common misspelling of fondue. And as far as I can tell there is no other thing that could be the issue here: even most English litterate people in Brazil wouldn’t know what a “fundie” is, even though we do have some around…

By: Ron Britton

Ron Britton — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:52:03 +0000

Paulo:

Fundie is apparently a misspelling of Fondue

I thought that might be it. Every time I do a Google search for fundie, it gives me ads for fondue.

Jabbing fundies with skewers and throwing them in boiling cheese might be fun, though.

By: Paulo A.

Paulo A. — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:08:47 +0000

Fundie is apparently a misspelling of Fondue (it’s pronounced like that).

Receita = Recipe
Queijo = Cheese

We do have fundie problems down here though.

By: Ericsan

Ericsan — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:03:58 +0000

Fundie chocolate? WTF?