euqor
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Joined: 10/20/2002 From: Balneario Camboriu,SC, BRAZIL Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: 50+AirYears I'm a bit pleased to see that Brasil is spelled correctly. Many people spell it Brazil, which is incorrect. My wife, who is Brasillian, can never understand why people spell the name of the country with a Z. Brasil was spelled with "z" until late 40's, when the Portuguese speaking countries decided that the "s", between two vogals have the sound of "z". That's when we changed it. My Certificate of Birth, issued in 1946 shows Estados Unidos do Brazil, with "z" (United States of Brazil), at the top. Later we changed to República Federativa do Brasil (Federative Republic of Brasil). Please, give your wife the regards from a fellow Brasilian.
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