Re: [CH] pronunciation
Eeyore (efalt@zianet.com)
Sat, 07 Feb 1998 18:45:32 -0600
In New Mexico where people have a perfect right to speak Spanish we always
use the silent h in habaneros, hijos, hombres, and other hispanic words.
Most of us do not wish to treat other people badly and mangling their
language is the worst. Yes, Calvin, Cooba is said as often as Cuba and
Tejas as often as Texas.
Elsa
At 03:28 PM 2/7/98 -0500, you wrote:
>At 08:11 PM 2/6/98 -0600, Calvin Donaghey wrote:
>>Peg-
>> I fully agree IF you are speaking Spanish. But how do you pronounce
>>the capital of Cuba, in English, for which the pepper is named? I
>>generally hear it with a hard H, and no H if the speaker is a native or
>>speaking Spanish or Portugese. That's why I have always used the H
>>sound.
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>If we were to try to pronounce all words of hispanic origin the way native
>hispanics do, wouldn't the "x" in Texas be silent?
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>Reminds me of a skit on Saturday Night Live a long time ago that spoofed
>the practice of TV newscasters attempting to affect hispanic accents when
>referring to people or countries with Spanish names. Was quite amusing...
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> =Mark
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>@ http://www.exit109.com/~mstevens @
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>Where ya from?
> Jersey.
> Yeah? What Exit?
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