Portugal out of EU

I am sorry for any spelling or grammar mistake i may have commited,like the ones i saw (Have instead of has after He/She/It, etc).

All the three musica are from Carlos Paredes...

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[l23722]

@IAmCaptainMarvel It may seem that in the last 25 years in the EU that Portugal belongs to it, but the fact is that Portugal is far from being a logic part of it. Till 1949 we only had one ally in Europe, till the 90's we had stronger trade relations with Japan than with Spain or the Netherlands, we hated the Germans, and besides West Europe, the rest was simply unknown land.

[l23722]

@IAmCaptainMarvel For exemple both countries sometimes have water shortages (Portugal only on the southern half), and since both share the 3 biggest rivers in the peninsula, we agreed that Spain would have to let 50% of the water to cross the border constantly. However in the summer they almost dry the rives out sending water to their "moonscape lands" and in the winter they flood Portugal, literaly.

This is just one exemple, so yes, I do think they are tricksters.

[IAmCaptainMarvel]

@l23722

In fact there is actually a cartoon series produced by the BBC that I used to watch about Beatrix Potter when I was very young (which essentially introduced her to me). Made in the 90's.

The only problem with watching them on YouTube is that they're are Americans in the comments, and some of the American versions are uploaded opposed to the British versions (so some characters have American accents, which doesn't fit since it's the English countryside).

[IAmCaptainMarvel]

@l23722

Yes, yes I do, and as I remember it the Fox tricks Jemima and locks her in a shed, leaving her eggs which she had sat on for 28 days unguarded. She is saved by two dogs, but as a result the dogs then eat her eggs. (Quite a dark tale actually). Do you, as a Portuguese citizen think the Spanish are tricksters?

I've always thought Portugal, as one of the two Iberian countries has had more place in Europe than say, Greece or... England.

[l23722]

@IAmCaptainMarvel Do you remember "The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck" of Beatrix Potter? Portuguese people feel like they are the duck and the spanish the fox. Well, let's just say that I do not fancy the Spanish, neihter most portuguese. It's not like it was before the EU.

Anyway, the portuguese always saw Portugal as isolated, different from the rest of Europe. Some of us even say things like "They don't get along in Europe"...hahaha...

[IAmCaptainMarvel]

@l23722

Oh yes, definitely. The Americas seem to be the great continents of the bastard-children. Loads of Spanish countries, Canada and America as the English countries (although I suppose France gets a bit of Canada too) and Brazil as the Portuguese country. Do you like the Spanish?

Heh, really? Peter Rabbit? And to think that one was one of my favourite stories of hers as well. Definitely looking at her life and her stories make you think of an easier time in England. Before WW1.

[l23722]

@IAmCaptainMarvel Yeah, I understand you, I really do, but I said to myself that I would not be mad with those kind of things. Ex-Colonies mean ex-problems. But I have to admit that americans are quite presumptuous sometimes, and not only "americans", I mean americans from Canada to Argentina...hahaha

[l23722]

@IAmCaptainMarvel Yes, insults are always the first thing. I made the same with Dutch, but till today, I think they must be really nice guy's, because the worst thing that they taught me to say was "U bent een dom" (You're an idiot)...hahaha

Beatrix Potter is quite famous in Portugal, well, not her per se, but her tales like Peter Rabbit (Odd how the portuguese Prime-Minister name's is "Pedro Coelho", wich means "Peter Rabbit", is as prankish as the character).

[IAmCaptainMarvel]

@l23722

And about the ignoring thing, I actually had that stance a while ago where I would just accept it as their nature and ignore them. But, I'm sorry, I just can't pretend to like these people that don't return the favour. I know that sounds very cynical to hate an entire people when I can't possibly know everybody in the US, but there are just so many reasons. Too many to list in the 500 character limit.

[IAmCaptainMarvel]

@l23722

Ahh, well thank you. I'm far from fluent, but I usually find when I'm interested in a language the insults are the first place to go. It's weird, I remember phrases in different languages but I'm fluent in NONE of them. (Although I find Italian a surprisingly easy language to remember and pronounce).

It's VERY interesting to see you mention Beatrix Potter, most people in the UK wouldn't even know about her nowadays. I loved the stories when I was younger.