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Old 29th May 2009, 07:51 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by fernando
Ah, Katana Jones, you Brit; making fun of my humble catches .....
. Let me guess; probably you meant to call me something else and the translating machine tricked you .
You see, the term 'little' translates into two different words in portuguese, whether we speak of 'size' or of 'quantity'. Tou say pouco canhão sounds a bit funny; it would mean something like a bit of cannon, as 'pouco' is little for quantity. Probably you meant to call me little (small, tiny) cannon which, in such case, should be pequeno canhão or, more coloquially, canhãozinho.
I am not sure if i am on the rigt track ... but i thank you for the fondly visit .
Fernando
My good friend Fernando,
you are correct 'Babelfish' did indeed 'let me down' ......and I thought I was being 'clever' Now if everyone spoke English we wouldn't get these mis-interpretations

Another fine addition to your Armoury....are you going to get a stock made for this one ?

Kind Regards David

PS canhãozinho ???........Cannon ?????
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