Additional Comment and Reader Updates on Cape Verde

I want to thank my readers for the following e-mails this morning:

On Wednesday, February 29, 2012, Marc Raizman wrote:

CABO VERDE.  Sometimes the B sound approaches  a P.  At other times, the E in verde shrinks and almost disappears.

That is how I remember hearing it pronounced many years ago while visiting Portugal and hearing a bunch of 

Cabo Verdeans speak. In the intermediate years the pronunciation may have changed because of the success of some of its musicians who have since gained an international audience.

Best, Marc Raizman

 On Wednesday, February 29, 2012, Helene Scheff wrote:

The kids I had in school who were from this region pronounced it CAPE VERD... Large immigrant Portuguese population in RI and nearby Fall River MA. Emeril Lagasse hails from Fall River but doesn't have a restaurant in NE

 

Just to balance the sharing of information...

You guys look great

Helene

Now, an additional weird narration from our guide yesterday as we returned along the coast road to Porto Novo, Cape Verde Islands:

As we passed through a coastal town, the guide pointed out that we were at the site of a leper colony. Oddly enough, a sign indicated not that but that the area was called, "Sinagog". The guide mentioned the sign as this was also the place, "where people went to celebrate Yol Kipur." We were in and out of the area very quickly, and that was it. Lots to Google when we get home.

Above: albatrosses hovering around our veranda a few minutes ago. We are 200 miles west of Mauritania en route the Canary Islands, arriving at Las Palmas Thursday morning. Now cocktail time.