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Manelzinho Gostoso

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Portuguese term or phrase:	Manezinho Gostoso
English translation:	string puppet....
Entered by:	airmailrpl

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19:22 Jan 8, 2012

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Portuguese term or phrase: Manelzinho Gostoso

Source: transcription of a folk artist from Alagoas talking about his work. His language is colorful, poetic, and often obscure. I am attempting to separate his own idiolectic usage from possible regionalisms. (There are no illustrations available.)

In this case the artist is talking about specific pieces he has carved from wood.
Has anyone heard of “Manelzinho Gostoso”? Has there been a transcription error/misspelling?

"Aí as pecinha, já não fazia boneco, já ia fazer gaiola, que eu vendia pra eu receber meu trocozinho... Se eu fizesse boneco, aqui eles não comprava não. Eu sabia fazer aviãozinho daqueles que tem a rodinha e os corta-vento, fazia muito, vendia. Esse Manelzinho Gostoso eu fazia pra vender, pulando pra frente e pra trai. Eu fazia e vendia, mas os menino era que comprava, os adulto só vivia trabalhando".

Diane Grosklaus Whitty KudoZ activity Questions: 18 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 25 United States
Local time: 01:18

string puppet

Explanation:
Manelzinho Gostoso => Mané Gostoso => string puppet

Mamulengo Puppetry
www.basilio.fundaj.gov.br/...en/index.php?... - wire – the dolls are connected by strings to a wooden control that allows the ... The puppets are known by many names in different regions of Brazil: ... in Rio Grande do Norte; Mané Gostoso, in Bahia; Babau, in Paraíba and in ...

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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 03:18

Summary of answers provided

string puppet

airmailrpl

2 -1

trapeze clown

Verginia Ophof

Discussion entries: 1

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26 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

trapeze clown

Explanation:
could it be this ?

Reference: http://www.toyday.co.uk/shop/wooden-toys/trapeze-clown-toy/p...

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 00:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you, Verginia. I will be translating the term as "puppet."

1 day10 hrs confidence:

string puppet

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 03:18
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 48

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks for posting this, Robert. I'm actually going to go just with "puppet" in the text, because it's not clear that there are actually any strings attached. But I am going to correct the glossary entry to reflect what I suspect was an error by the transcriptionist: i.e., Manezinho and not Manelzinho.

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Jan 11 - Changes made by airmailrpl:
Edited KOG entry	Diane Grosklaus Whitty's old entry - "Manezinho Gostoso" => "string puppet"

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