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When you hear Portuguese, if you're listening fleetingly, it's as if you're hearing Russian, which never happens with Spanish. Because the Portuguese and the Russians share the open vowels and the dark L, the owL sound.
Gregory Rabassa
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Gregory Rabassa
Age: 94 †
Born: 1922
Born: March 9
Died: 2016
Died: June 13
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Yonkers
New York State
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