The Olympics 2016 are now on, so a good time to raise this interesting subject.
Having lived in various parts of South Americas,Brasil, for at least a year, I can confirm that as far as the locals are concerned there is no Z in the name Brasil.
File image, my thanks for it use.
That is the huge Maracana stadium in the distance.
Please write Brasil next time!
I have a match box here ,made by OLHO, it is marked Industria Brasilia.
Justin who is a regular viewer of this blog found a very interesting web site on the subject.
http://umanota.ca/brasilvsbrazil/
He and myself still us the spelling Brasil (smile )
Roy
