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Francesca Bossert's avatar

This made me laugh! I live part time in Spain and I think the PilatESS ladies are quite friendly.

Lucy Pepper's avatar

I wonder if Mr Pilates knows, from beyond, all the crazy pronunciations of his name around the world

Liza Debevec's avatar

The only place that I have seen defy this Portuguese non mixing thing is Biodanza. We not only say hello, we hug, we kiss and we know everyone’s name.

Lucy Pepper's avatar

My god that sounds TERRIFYING

Joanna Castillo's avatar

Sit down, elegantly! 🤣🤣

Lucy Pepper's avatar

Impossible for 99.9995% of the world’s population, yet she says it every week. She’s a trooper!

Beverly Wenger-Trayner's avatar

“If you’re a foreigner who they only met two years ago, you’re not one of them and you never will be”… I’m not offended, but I do feel left out!

Lucy Pepper's avatar

It wears on one’s nerves sometimes, doesn’t it?

Beverly Wenger-Trayner's avatar

Yes. It’s almost making me blog again!

Peter Domican's avatar

Two words in Portuguese that I don’t need to know - hairdresser and Pilates.