On Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 10:58:07 AM UTC-5, Brooklyn1 wrote:
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> Huh? Is that why most of Central and South America predominently
> speak Spanish? Wasn't so very long ago that the entire US south spoke
> Spanish, from Florida to California. Most Texans still speak
> Spanglish... and would rather their employers offered Siesta time
> rather than health insurance.
>
>
The language of Brazil is Portuguese and Brazil is a dang
large country if you haven't looked at a map lately.

The 1940's star Carmen Miranda was from Brazil and that
wasn't Spanish she was speaking!