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Many words have been anglicized and so 'junta' wouldn't mean anything to English speakers with a Spanish j. But with a hard j, it has exactly the same meaning t
by telesilla 3y ago
Many words have been anglicized and so 'junta' wouldn't mean anything to English speakers with a Spanish j. But with a hard j, it has exactly the same meaning to us as it does to you. English is an excellent thief but not respectful of the origins. Even the giant % of the English language that is French, we pronounce in our own way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_French_origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Frenc...
- Tagbert 3y agoAre you in the UK? In the US it would sound very off to hear “junta” with a hard “j”. That doesn’t mean that English speakers try to fully reproduce how a Spanish speaker would pronounce the word and I think that is appropriate. If you are speaking one language to completely switch pronunciation for one word just breaks the flow of speech. Some compromise can be found.
- adastra22 3y agoCalifornian. I’ve only ever heard it pronounced by non-Spanish speakers with a hard j.
- hackernewds 3y agoThat is basically the colonial mindset, one could argue :) when billions retrain their mother tongue to learn English and accents, it would be a minimal respect to try to learn the origin. For when, GWB invaded Iraq he didn't even ever have the decency to learn to pronounce the country's name - and neither does the populace still.