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Sat May-31-08 08:22 AM
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This was the guy on C-Span, reading an article about Obama visiting Puerto Rico, and saying "Hello" in Spanish.
Hollah!
:rofl: :rofl:
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| ayeshahaqqiqa
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Sat May-31-08 08:25 AM
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| 1. That reminds me of an old joke |
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A fellow was talking to his co-workers about a recent trip he'd made to Mexico. "I went to Juarez", he said, pronouncing the "J" like we do in English.
"No," a co-worker corrected him, "It's 'Hwar-ez'. In Spanish, 'J' is pronounced like our 'H'. When were you there?"
"In Hune and Huly," was the answer.
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| boobooday
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Sat May-31-08 08:30 AM
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| 2. We have a Spanish surname |
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When we were living in Indiana, it used to drive us crazy that nobody knew how to pronounce the double-L configuration.
One guy says to my husband, "If you ain't Italian, I don't know nuthin'"
That was when we decided to give up. :-)
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| ayeshahaqqiqa
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Sat May-31-08 08:37 AM
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| 3. I have a French surname |
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and people are always mispronouncing it, so I know what you mean. I do try to pronounce Spanish correctly, but I have had to be reminded that 'll' is pronounced like 'y' in English, which makes me feel foolish. I hope I can remember to say it right now!
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| boobooday
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Sat May-31-08 08:48 AM
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| 6. I'm sure I would pronounce the French inadequately! |
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I think the best neumonic device for the double-L is to think, Spanish = tortilla, Italian = tortollini.
Now I'm hungry.
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| ayeshahaqqiqa
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Sat May-31-08 09:29 AM
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| 9. My problem is my surname is my married name |
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I took German in school, so I pronounce my own surname with a German accent!
Thanks for the lesson in the difference between Spanish and Italian. And yes, you've made me hungry as well!
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| Berry Cool
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Sat May-31-08 08:41 AM
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| 4. He ain't no hollahback boy. |
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Sat May-31-08 08:46 AM
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| 5. Reminds me of when I moved to Calif in 1963 and I tried to find "La Hoya" on the map! |
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Little did I know at that time how La Jolla was pronounced! :hi:
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Sat May-31-08 08:49 AM
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| 7. I know, I moved to LA from Indiana at one point |
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You should have heard me slaughter "Sepulveda". :rofl:
Now I am in Florida, with a whole new set of Indian names to embarrass myself with!
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Sat May-31-08 09:06 AM
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....I still have a heck of a time with the Spanish names in SoCal...think I need to avoid FL for as long as possible!
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Sat May-31-08 09:36 AM
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That one is embarrassing. It rhymes with "puke" not "puck". Oops.
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