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This is a personal appreciation of the evolution of colloquialisms in the Portuguese Creole that is spoken in Cape Verde & Guinea-Bissau. A new word, or an old word that is given new life by common speech, can make for interesting linguistic discoveries, with an evolving & changing set of meanings. The article gives examples of how the meaning of Portuguese Creole colloquialisms shifts within different contexts. The work of Primo Levi & Carlos No is cited in order to further contextualize the reverberations in meaning for certain colloquialism, meanings of which the Portuguese Creole speakers may themselves be unaware. Parallels are also drawn between these linguistic phenomena in Portuguese Creole & similar linguistic phenomena in Spanish & English. R. Young

The Lusosphere, as represented by the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries, consists of Portugal & several of its former colonies. The article discusses the political, cultural, intellectual & linguistic relationships between Portugal & the components of its former empire, with a special focus on the negative & enduring effects of centuries of colonialism. In particular, among all of Portugal's former colonies, the African ones appear to have suffered the greatest deleterious effects within the Lusophonic paradigm. Unfortunately, the political realities in the former African colonies have hindered most of the positive effects that could have resulted from membership in the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries. The article concludes that all of the member states need to make greater efforts to ameliorate this situation, as the Lusophonic relationship has a tremendous potential to bring disparate peoples together & aid in local development. R. Young