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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.
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