[Shotimes] Re: [OT] but what isn

[Tom Teixeira]

At 3:30 PM -0500 2/7/03, Ian Fisher wrote:
>So who here is Portuguese or eats Portuguese food? Mmmmmm good.
>
>Trivia: Teixeira  is a Portuguese name. It's pronounced "Tah-shay-rah"
>(that's as best as I can phonetically get it). It kills me to hear
>"Techs area"
>
>I don't speak Portuguese although I wish I could; I can understand some
>of it here and there. My mom is multilingual and speaks it quite
>fluently though.
>
>And no, Ian Fisher is not a Portuguese name.  :)
>
>Ian

Well, me, obviously. And no, I'm not related to Josh. While Teixeira 
isn't quite "Smith", it is a common Portuguese name.

My dad grew up bilingual, but wasn't as fluent as he grew older. I 
can remember visiting New Bedford and hearing him struggle to ask 
store owners where to find things.

The main Portuguese foods I'm familiar with are kale soup, linguica, 
and massa sovadas (had to google for that -- it's sweet bread). What 
am I missing out on?

p.s. at various times my wife has told people Teixeira is Greek or Ethiopian...

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