Yeah, I was going to say the same. It sounds more like terrifying, spooky to me. And I'm a Romance speaker *and have known this word for ages!

* Come over baby, give me some sugar, hahaha.

Brazilian dude

And so does 70% or so of the English vocabulary!

Brazilian dude

Today's romantic word is so fresh from French, it still uses not only the French pronunciation but also the French plural: billets-doux. Well, the French pronunciation would be more like bee-yay du, which was the way I mentally read the word when I saw it. Billet today means "ticket, receipt&q...

In case some of you haven't listened to it.

Australian would make more sense- Spanish, French, Portuguese (lagartixa, B.D.?),

Precisamente.

Brazilian dude

This forum is turning into a mess.

Not that I have anything against it.

I know, I know, you're talking about Luke Skywalker. I'm not that ignorant, sheesh.

Funny you said Luke. A lot of American friends of mine call me Looch.

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira, para servi-lo e protegê-lo.

"Haifa Lutin worked on Wall Street for 20 years until she made enough money to join the New York snobocracy."

What happened to Phil Anders? Immune to snobocracy?

Brazilian dude

Real lady charmer there, BD. I always did hear that latin men were, well...

Whatever they have told you is wrong. Don't believe them. I'm the walking proof that's a load of baloney!

Brazilian dude

No, just more familiarity with the words of a firebrand of the American Revolution, Patrick Henry, and the ultimate line of his most famous speech.

I thought the original words were Give me liberty or give me death!

Brazilian dude

"If you bite them just right they won't scream on the way down."

Oh, just now do I realize this is what I was supposed to tell the ladies last week. Ouch!

Brazilian dude

I'm so disappointed that no one has replied to my horrible play on words. And I didn't say anything simply because I didn't get it. :oops: Isn't it funny that the penny dropped immediately the second time I read it without having read everyone else's comments first? Maybe my brain needs some adapta...

Good thing that whose name I dare not speak is not here. He would have started a fuss if he had seen this word.

Brazilian dude

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Latin/French + Portuguese/Spanish? Sounds good to me.

Brazilian dude