Pronounced “NEW-ness” http://bit.ly/2ne04f9 pic.twitter.com/seeJcEPqpu
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They are Portuguese. It's definitely interesting. I had no idea it wasn't a traditional pronunciation.
Now I'm wondering if people in Brasil for some reason pronounce it differently... @frecklesnsun
believe this is your confusion: i speak brasilian portuguese and never hear the last consonant -ee when i meet european speakers
WOW. So people pronounce it differently in Portugal than they do in Brasil?! @wpbeyer
look i'd say even within Brazil, we pronounce it differently depending on where we are from.
I've only ever heard it one way in the south of brasil... Didn't know it's pronounced differently elsewhere. @NicoleFroio @wpbeyer
in rio, for example, the s will sound more like sh, in Sao Paulo it will be flatter.
rhythm of pronunciation will change as you go north, nearer the border sometimes sounds like spanish.
His great grandfather emigrated from Madeira.
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