Here in the land of the Pony Express we
had lots of floating participles.
ORIENT
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When I was living in Chile, South America, if you asked directions to go anywhere, the people always gave them to you using the points of the compass -- as in "Go North for two kilometers, then turn East, etc." Took some getting used to. It helped that virtually anywhere you are in Chile you can see the Andes Mountains, which is the Eastern border between Chile and Argentina. You always knew where East was because of that so orientation was easy. The Spanish word for East is Orientál and West is Occidentál. I'm guessing most everyone knows North is Norte and South is Sur.
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Just walked away for a minute and got to thinking about my last post. It would be clearer to say the word for East is Este (Orientál would be closer to the word Eastern). West should be Oeste (Occidentál would be closer to the word Western). Just a clarification.
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I'm curious, how did we get from Chilean Spanish to Indonesian Portuguese?I believe, after years of civil war, the country on the east end of the island is Called Timor-Este.
And I agree Oeste would make more sense.
East Timor actually goes by Timor-Leste.
On a fun note, if you read the article far enough, you'll see that Timor-Leste can be translated as East East. And, in Tetum, one of the official languages, the name means "Land of the Rising Sun." Hmm, isn't that one taken?
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Huh?How did we get from Chilean Spanish to Timor and Portugese? Come on Luke. How many discussions here end up where they started?
I believe it was slava who asked about the
Chilean and Portuguese. I was working on
"east/oriental" and misused Timor as an example.
It is Leste but it means "east"among other
local and colorful images.
I believe that is good however, few end where they
start - the normal way any conversation goes, which
is why I come back: normal repartee, with my morning
java. I live alone, so it means a lot to me.
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