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Re:The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed h... by VeninVidiaVicii on Sunday November 05, 2023 @08:10AM (#38150829)
Same with European Portuguese, I can’t actually use Siri or any voice controlled software because I refuse to speak in Brazilian Portuguese. It is so unnatural (frankly I don’t know how), I would just prefer to speak English.
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Re:The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed h... by neilkk on Sunday November 05, 2023 @11:44AM (#38152775)
Fewer than 5% of native speakers are Portuguese...
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Re:The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed h... by VeninVidiaVicii on Sunday November 05, 2023 @12:25PM (#38153261)
Yeah that’s exactly the point… I’m not from Portugal but some of my family is, and BrPt is somewhat incomprehensible to me. Even if I try to imitate an accent it just feels like such an overly exaggerated southern drawl. Apart from that, I’m trying to keep the language alive.
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