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Americans have an expression which\u00a0describes something that is pleasing to the ear, sight or mind: how cool!<\/em><\/p>\n

The Portuguese have a matching expression: que legal! (pronounced: keh lehgal).<\/p>\n

In my home country, Guyana<\/a>, people weren’t so fond of my last name, Carpen<\/em>. Perhaps it’s not the most beautiful name in the book! And even I myself sometimes wished I could change at least one letter in that name.<\/p>\n

However, in a different culture, with a different language, syllables and sounds can be interpreted differently.<\/p>\n

When my Brazilian students asked me to pronounce my last name for them, their eyes lit up in amazement and they exclaimed “que bonito! que legal!” (How beautiful! How cool!)<\/p>\n

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