12 Mar
2009
12 Mar
'09
8:16 a.m.
Hehe, I love it. Sloth is a synonym for Lazyness in English too, and they're so freaking cute... :)
I wouldn't say it was an exact synonym. Though the dictionary definitions are similar, sloth has a more negative connotation than laziness; the fourth deadly sin is called "sloth" rather than "laziness".
'Preguiça', the name in Portuguese, is also the name of that deadly sin. But then I would quote Brazilian writter Mário Quintana: "A preguiça é a mãe do progresso. Se o homem não tivesse preguiça de caminhar, não teria inventado a roda." [book: Na Volta da Esquina] My translation: "Sloth is the mother of progress. If not for the sloth of walking, mankind wouldn't have invented the wheel". Best, Maurício