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SantaMufasa
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Spanish is extremely consistent (unlike the dorkiest language on earth, English <grin>
. The pronunciation of vowels in Spanish are always consistent:
a - pronounced as "ah" (with the "a" sound of the English word "knaw"
e - pronounced as a long "a" (with the long "a" sound in the English word "fray"
i - pronounced as a long "e" (with the long "e" sound in the English word "free"
o - pronounced as a long "o" (with the long "o" sound in the English word "oh"
u - pronounced as "oo" (with the "oo" sound of the English word, "moon"
My Chilean next-door neighbor is emphatic that her country's name is pronounced "Chee-lay". She also says that the meal, "chili", is pronounced "Chee-lee".
And how Amerkans pronounce any of these words is anyone's guess. <grin>
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Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]
“Beware of those that seek to protect you from harm or risk. The cost will be your freedoms and your liberty.”
. The pronunciation of vowels in Spanish are always consistent:a - pronounced as "ah" (with the "a" sound of the English word "knaw"
e - pronounced as a long "a" (with the long "a" sound in the English word "fray"
i - pronounced as a long "e" (with the long "e" sound in the English word "free"
o - pronounced as a long "o" (with the long "o" sound in the English word "oh"
u - pronounced as "oo" (with the "oo" sound of the English word, "moon"
My Chilean next-door neighbor is emphatic that her country's name is pronounced "Chee-lay". She also says that the meal, "chili", is pronounced "Chee-lee".
And how Amerkans pronounce any of these words is anyone's guess. <grin>
Mufasa(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]
“Beware of those that seek to protect you from harm or risk. The cost will be your freedoms and your liberty.”
Santa,
Where I work, we have a Customer Service department that has a lot of bilingual English/Spanish reps (as we have many customers in South Florida and Puerto Rico). I am told that Cuban Spanish is extremely hard to understand for speakers of Spanish from, say, Madrid. Something like the old saying that two Australians can be having a conversation, and no other English speakers would know what they are saying.
So, while, technically, Chile is pronounced with a long "e", I somehow doubt they do it that way in Havana.
-- Francis
Et cognoscetis veritatem, et veritas liberabit vos.
Where I work, we have a Customer Service department that has a lot of bilingual English/Spanish reps (as we have many customers in South Florida and Puerto Rico). I am told that Cuban Spanish is extremely hard to understand for speakers of Spanish from, say, Madrid. Something like the old saying that two Australians can be having a conversation, and no other English speakers would know what they are saying.
So, while, technically, Chile is pronounced with a long "e", I somehow doubt they do it that way in Havana.
-- Francis
Et cognoscetis veritatem, et veritas liberabit vos.
Annihilannic
MIS
Of course, Jimi would disagree with all of us... "Voodoo Chile"...
Annihilannic.
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