2012/5/20 Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamil...@acm.org> > I was curious about "sisudo" also: > > Great! =)
Also can mean a person who doesn't smile ever. =D > Significado de sisudo no Dicionário inFormal online de > Português. O que é sisudo: Sério, firme, enfático. > Prudente, sensato. > > I think you might have been thinking of "dour" although that word is not > used much. Beside serious, firm, and emphatic there is also prudent and > sensible. But perhaps there is something about stern, harsh, obstinate, > and unyielding too? > > I apologize for my contribution to that impression. > > - Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paulo de Souza Lima [mailto:paulo.s.l...@varekai.org] > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 10:40 > To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: Dealing with a large and diverse project - Native Languages > and project teams > > [ ... ] > > 3 - Some of them, even knowing English language, have difficulties to reach > this list because they feel, let's say, unconfortable in dealing with > "famous people" like many of you. =) Apache seems to be a serious place > (maybe too serious) for those people. They are affraid to be misundestood. > [ ... ] > > Sorry but I can't remember the corresponding word in English for the > portuguese word "sisudo", so I placed the word "serious". Maybe someone can > help me because Google Translate couldn't. =) > > > [ ... ] > > -- Paulo de Souza Lima http://almalivre.wordpress.com Curitiba - PR Linux User #432358 Ubuntu User #28729
