Nossa!
On Thursday night Matias, Carmen and Maíra came over to watch Californication, drink some beers and eat some tasty viddles. After some David Duchovny love, six or seven beers and as many cigarettes we decided to watch the latest Chris Rock special and as we all watched and laughed the girls would constantly shout out commentary.; a peculiar trait in Brazilian people (women). They would laugh and say all kinds of things in Portuguese, some that I understood and some that I didn’t. Maíra, although less vocal than Carmen, continually exclaimed, “Nossa!” which means, “Our!”
“Noooooosssssaaaaa!”
That was a fucking head scratcher. Why would you say that? I was just about to ask when she hit the arm of the couch and shouted, “Nossa Senhora!” and it fucking clicked. “Our Lady!” the Brazilian equivalent of exclaiming, “Jesus Christ!”. I loved it. Now that I know it, I hear it all the time. And there’s something distinctly Brazilian about the tone. It’s my new favorite thing. I ask some people to help me out and show you guys the charm and grace that is Nossa!:
Nossa! from J. Beaman on Vimeo.
7 Comments, Comment or Ping
sara
You made my entire day with that sassafrass video! I love the things you think are awesome and that you feel pulled to share that awesomeness with the world.
Oct 5th, 2008
Henri
Yay for video posts featuring everyone in Brazil!
Oct 6th, 2008
josh
i’m going to create my own homage to this video, but replace “nossa” with “pizza”
Oct 7th, 2008
j
Do it. And I’ll post it here.
Oct 7th, 2008
SaintCahier
Even better is when people say just “Nú!”
“Nossa Senhora!” -> “Nossa!” -> “Nussss!” -> “Nú!”
Oct 8th, 2008
Cole
Awesome!
Oct 8th, 2008
poshdeluxe
oh man, i loved this post! and i’m so glad there was video!!! you should do more video. i like hearing voices and seeing people’s facial expressions actually change (you know, as opposed to pictures).
Oct 9th, 2008
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