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Old 12-26-2005, 10:41 AM
RedRoseSAI RedRoseSAI is offline
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Re: mission accomplished

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Originally posted by Erik P Conard
the X in old Spanish was "sh" a sound no longer extant today in Spanish.

In various parts of Spain, an "x" is often pronounced as "sh". If you want to go to a champagne bar in Barcelona, you ask for the nearest "sham-pan-yera", not a "zam-pan-yera".

How is a Spanish X pronounced?
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