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I think trying to get British people to pronounce Spanish words correctly may be a quixotic effort :)
by jackcosgrove 3y ago
I think trying to get British people to pronounce Spanish words correctly may be a quixotic effort :)
- mc32 3y agoI don't know why people complain of this. Spaniards don't particularly pronounce English words in a very English manner either. They Spaniardize lots of English words: Football, Goal, Twitter, Pub, CD-ROM. Who cares!
- twic 3y ago"Gin tonic"!
- croisillon 3y agoJimi Hendrix!
- kergonath 3y agoThe whole discussion is not very useful. There are sounds in Spanish that don’t exist in English and things that are just weird. And it’s the same the other way around. Not to mention, the same word can sound different with different Spanish accents, so which one should be used? There is nothing wrong with people adapting words from other languages or pronouncing them their way. Besides, it’s cute when they try, but it’s not like most English people can pronounce French, either.
- qingcharles 3y agoTrying to use my European learnt Spanish in the USA always gets laughs from the Latine population, when they can finally figure out what I'm saying.
- thebeardisred 3y agoPossibly not, though I was (mainly) musing about the style guides for publications distributed worldwide.
- anthk 3y ago>different. Almost any. In Spain: za, ce, ci, zo, zu -> tha,the, thi... as in "think". In America they'll use the /s/ sound, but because the Internet usage both spellings are understood fine since "El Chavo del Ocho" times in Spain, Mexican/Venezuelan soap operas and, similarly, with todays' 'La Casa de Papel' from Spain overseas.
- anthk 3y agoFútbol and 'football' sound very close. Goal/Gol /gohl/ , I think not much. We spell 'twitter' with an American accent. At least we correctly say 'pub'.
- AlbertCory 3y agoI was actually on an Explore trip through Spain & Portugal, where everyone was English but me. In a bar I would order "bocadillo con jamon y queso" and they'd say, "Oh, you speak Spanish!"
- throwawaaarrgh 3y agoThe English side of Cypress is a trip... You're more likely to find an English pub than Cypriot (or Turkish!) food
- tomcam 3y agoWhich is nice because they’re disappearing from England at an alarming rate
- lebuffon 3y agoBut the butter chicken is to die for!
- cherryteastain 3y agoDo you mean the sovereign base areas? Those are pretty much UK territory.
- throwawaaarrgh 3y agoLimassol, Pissouri, Paphos, basically the whole southwestern coast
- noneeeed 3y agoNice :)