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Default Re: Portuguese Language in risk of being swallowed by Brazil.
The language is called "portuguese" for a simple reason: it originated in Portugal and stems from galician-portuguese dialects which in turn stem from common latin.

The whole subject has been going on for several years now, the main problem being in terms of population; Brazil has a population far higher in numbers than we have and hence a larger percentage of "portuguese speakers"... that we should decide to bend over and accept their orthographic mistakes and clumsy (not to say dumb) approaches on neologisms is clearly retarded and as PC as it gets.
Stuff like "estadounidense" instead of "americano" shows how much our language and cultural approach is different; yes, we did colonise the damn place but it sure as hell isn't Portugal nor we are Brazil.
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