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Re: Re: mission accomplished
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On the government screwing up birthdates, one of my brothers from college is Vietnamiese and his family emigrated here int he early 80's. If you get to the US without proof of your birthday (an governemnt issued birth certificate, baptism certificate, etc.) the US government assigns you Jan. 1 as your birthdate. I've come across about 5 different people who had Jan 1 birthdays because of that. |
ximenez
the "x" enigma in Spanish...
Ximenez in old Spanish was "Shee-may-ness" It is a complicated topic with many side streets. The University of Illinois had an interesting linguistic facility replete with phonologists and other ho-hum pursuits. After a while, though, unless one came from lots of old money, a $200,000 yearly income looked better. Genealogy affords us all many avenues to pursue and a site like this offers a sampling. The words borrowed from other languages does indeed complicate things, and like the cited 'champagne' one, a strange pronunciation of the word may be offered just to show all that that person is 'well-traveled.' oh, yes, is it "jeen-e-ology" or "gin-e-ology?" Even zoology majors stumble...and say ZOO-ol-o-gee, when it is ZO-ol-o-gee. You still awake? If we had an Academy like the French or Icelandics, perhaps this discussion would not be as tepid. |
No one can spell my name right. The end of 6th grade, a teacher I had for almost two full years, splet it Karen when she left me comemnts aobut my paper...it was on top of the page my name even :rolleyes:
It's Caryn, thank you very much. |
Took my little one out to eat 2 weeks ago, and was wearing a Sorority t-shirt. So the waitress tells me that she's in a sorority, and tells me that it's "Alpha Fee" - of course I'd never heard Phi pronounced "fee" before.
Also, I've heard lots of older folks pronounce Omega as "O-mee-ga". Any of you heard this before? |
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Re: Re: Re: forenames (first names)
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S=Sh sound bh=v sound Maeve is pronounced Mayv One syllable. It is also spelled Maebh. Mairead is pronounced Mawr-aid. |
Re: ximenez
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Yes, you're correct Erik. The Spanish started pronouncing the X as "sh" merely to show that I am well traveled. Thanks, Spaniards! You may now go back to pronouncing "X" in an Erik-approved manner. |
thank you, eye-o-tah
The Erik-approved pronunciation of the Spanish X goes back a
bit further in Spanish, and whether I or you like it or not, it is a fact. Erik P Conard, A.M., Spanish Linguistics, U of IL, 1965 |
Okay, let's try this one out: Oaxaca, Mexico. If you've been there, you know it's Wah-HAW-ca, May-E-co.
Just like English, many letters/dipthongs have different sounds. |
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honeychile, please stop offering up strange pronunciations just to show all that you are well-traveled. </sarcasm> |
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