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Ler não é decifrar, como num jogo de adivinhações, o sentido de um texto. É, a partir do texto, ser capaz de atribuir-lhe significado, conseguir relacioná-lo a todos os outros textos significativos para cada um, reconhecer  nele o tipo de  leitura que seu autor pretendia e, dono da própria vontade, entregar-se a essa leitura, ou rebelar-se contra ela, propondo uma outra não prevista.

Letters

Children and Guns
Published: May 7, 2013
To the Editor: Re “Girl’s Death by Gunshot Is Rejected as Symbol” (news article, May 6):
I find it abhorrent that the people of Burkesville, Ky., are not willing to learn a lesson from the tragic shooting of a 2-year-old girl by her 5-year-old brother. I am not judging their lifestyle of introducing guns to children at a young age, but I do feel that it’s irresponsible not to practice basic safety with anything potentially lethal — guns, knives, fire and so on. How can anyone justify leaving guns lying around, unlocked and possibly loaded, in a home with two young children? I wish the family of the victim comfort during this difficult time, but to dismiss this as a simple accident leaves open the potential for many more such “accidents” to occur. I hope this doesn’t have to happen several more times for legislators to realize that something needs to be changed.
EMILY LOUBATON
Brooklyn, May 6, 2013

BOGOF is used as a noun as in ‘There are some great bogofs on at the supermarket’ or an adjective, usually with a word such as ‘offer’ or ‘deal’ – ‘there are some great bogof offers in store’.

When you combine the first letters of the words in a phrase or the name of an organisation, you have an acronym. Acronyms are spoken as a word so NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) is not pronounced N-A-T-O. We say NATO. Bogof, when said out loud, is quite comical for a native speaker, as it sounds like an insult, ‘Bog off!’ meaning go away, leave me alone, slightly childish and a little old-fashioned.

BOGOF is the best-known of the supermarket marketing strategies. The concept was first imported from the USA during the 1970s recession, when food prices were very high. It came back into fashion in the late 1990s, led by big supermarket chains trying to gain a competitive advantage over each other. Consumers were attracted by the idea that they could get something for nothing. Who could possibly say ‘no’?

Emotivo encuentro en la universidad pública

El entonces mandatario uruguayo recibió el cariño de sus compatriotas residentes en Nueva York e informó sobre la evolución del país, las políticas de gobierno, los avances y cuentas pendientes. Como en ocasiones similares, se multiplicaron las muestras de respeto y emoción. “Una nación es un formidable sentimiento de un ‘nosotros’”, dijo.

Mujica comenzó su discurso relatando lo recogido de otras experiencias de comunidades en el exilio. “Muchos de ustedes echaron raíces, tienen hijos y no pueden cometer la agresión de descuajarle la vida. Tienen que cargar con esa nostalgia de ser de allá, pero estar acá”, dijo.

“Estamos metidos en la lucha por mejorar las circunstancias, con el sueño de que las generaciones que vengan, puedan venir con más soltura, con más apoyo”, dijo el Presidente.

Mujica se refirió a algunas críticas que reciben algunas políticas sociales. “Nos acusan de que damos sin contrapartida. Nos dicen ‘a la gente no hay que darle pescado, sino enseñarle a pescar’. Sí — razonó el Presidente —, pero cuando le afanaste la caña, le afanaste el bote, ¿qué le vas a pedir? Para atrás no arreglamos, arreglamos para adelante.”