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Old 12-31-2005, 10:20 PM
RedRoseSAI RedRoseSAI is offline
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Re: ximenez

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Originally posted by Erik P Conard

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.'

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.
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