So, my name in Brasil has a few meanings. the one I knew about was "face" - same as in Spanish. But I have discovered another one recently - my name means "guy" or "dude". This was pretty funny when I found a beer mug that said "A melhor cara do mundo" (The best Cara, er, guy, in the world). But my recent correspondence on AirBNB was even funnier - the person I was speaking to claimed to be fluent in English so I hadn't written my initial enquiry in Portuguese. However, the first email I got back from her started "Dude, blah blah blah". I was a little taken aback that she'd be so familiar (and a little rude) so quickly, but also that she thought I was a guy. But when the second email came through and started, "Face, blah blah blah", I knew Google Translate was the culprit...
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