The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-31

they're unlikely 10 90 much &C
tual fighting, with the exception Of
a little coastal patrol work and a
bit OF aviation, Uncle Sam appre-
ciates the value OF the alignment.
TIN be fine now, from the stand
point OF all-around morale, and
itll"be a grand thing for Western
hemispherical relationships after
the wars over We and our neigh
bors at last are. on the verge Of be-
coming really we'll acquainted with
one another on an exceedingly
friendly basis
For immediate purposes. though,
Brazils bound TO be our closest afi-
late.
This not only is because It's the
biggest Of the bunch. with suffi-
cient militar, strength to be more
or less phys ally outright helpful.
It's also because OF that bulge we
hear so much about, which charac-
terizes Brazil, TO the eastward into
the Atlantic in the direction of
Africs's westward bulge toward it,
from the opposite point Of the COM
pass. Naturally Brazils bulge will
be invaluable to US. as a base for
operations against widely-adver-
tised Dakar. a, the African bulges
extremity, in the event of its Axis
occupation. with the connivance OF
Vichy, since it's a Vichy posses
sion.
Bulge to Be Familiar
1t behooves US. then, to devote
little especial attention to Brazil,
and to its bulge in particular. It's
rot improbable that we'll presently
find ourselves as familiar with that
bulge as we are with Michigan's
bulge into the Great Lakes or Flor
ida into the Gulf Of Mexico.
II shouldn't be forgotten that
Brazil isn't Spanish, like all the
rest Of Latin America. It's Portu-
guese.
Between the Spanish and Por-
tuguese I never could see any con-
siderable difference. after several
years residence ia their respective
midsts. In their languages they
differ slightly in few of their
rival spellings Illustratively II a
Spaniard wants TO employ the
equivalent Of our word for mis-
ter, he spells It SeHor-only. over
the n he puts a little accent
mark called a .tllde, which
cant produce because it isn't in
Guided in any English type face.
Anyway. it makes senior. plus the
tide. sound like sane and
"yore." A Portuguese gets that
same identical effect by spelling
the title senior, with no tide.
Yet Spaniards and Portuguese
say they're as distinct breeds as
they both are from Anglo-SaXons,
and insist that they cant under
stand one another.
It's bunk. OF course, but vou'll
acquiesce If you want to De tact
ful.
Each maintains that the oppo-
site lingo is a dialect.
We should learn these little wrin-
kles.
Portuguese geography requires
study also.
Every Brazilian city has at least
two names. The explanation is
that they were christaned by diff
ferent groups Of early settlers. To-
day some swear by one of EN-,
others by others.
You'll have noticed that news
from the extremity Of the Brazilian
bulge is dated from Pernambuco-
pronounced Pern-am- book-o, with
accent on the third syllable.
The Same City
Yet you'll have seen that same
Identical burg (everlastingly in dis
patches. due 10 its strategic loca-
tom referred TO half the time as
Recife, pronounced Ray-see-fay and
accented on the second syllable.
The mixtures confusing. It's
Characteristic Of Brazil. though.
To the northward up the coast a
bit fback from the point Of the
Brazilian bulge but an important
port a. the Amazons mouth.
where we're sure to be nightly