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Autor:  Tiago T.
E-mail:  não-disponível
Data:  13/SET/2007 9:09 PM
Assunto:  Difficult Headlines
 
Mensagem:  Lawsuit Filed Over "Stick-Stick"

to file a lawsuit = abrir um processo (ação judicial)

As far as I know, a "stick-stick" is not a kind of memory. Sony's memory card is called Memory Stick. I had to google this expression and I ended up finding the original article. The article is about a couple who sued a daycare center claiming they would poke their son with a thumbtack ("tachinha"). The kid described this form of punishment using the expression "stick-stick." The article can be found at:

http://www.wbap.com/Article.asp?id=472489


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 English Made in Brazil -- English, Portuguese, & contrastive linguistics
Difficult Headlines  –  Uriel RS  12/SET/2007, 9:22 PM
Difficult Headlines  –  DaleCR  13/SET/2007, 12:57 AM
Difficult Headlines  –  Márcio Farias  13/SET/2007, 8:28 AM
 Difficult Headlines  –  Tiago T.  13/SET/2007, 9:09 PM
Difficult Headlines  –  DaleCR  14/SET/2007, 3:41 AM
Difficult Headlines  –  marc  14/SET/2007, 9:53 AM
Difficult Headlines  –  Márcio Farias  14/SET/2007, 10:20 PM
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