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Speak a ommon spelling error list (hints on demand)
On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 10:16:42 +0100, "NY" wrote:
Spanish has some very counterintuitive pronunciations (to an English speaker). I knew a Spanish woman at work who introduced herself as "Hemma". It was only much later that I saw that it was spelled Gema - I never knew till then that a G is sometimes pronounced as an throaty H sound in Spanish. I know a woman whose name is "Jorga." I thought it was pronounced something like "HOR-hah," until I heard her say it. She pronounces it "Georgia." |
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Speak a ommon spelling error list (hints on demand)
On Sun, 03 Sep 2017 08:22:38 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote: On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 10:16:42 +0100, "NY" wrote: Spanish has some very counterintuitive pronunciations (to an English speaker). I knew a Spanish woman at work who introduced herself as "Hemma". It was only much later that I saw that it was spelled Gema - I never knew till then that a G is sometimes pronounced as an throaty H sound in Spanish. I know a woman whose name is "Jorga." I thought it was pronounced something like "HOR-hah," until I heard her say it. She pronounces it "Georgia." Among Albanians, Xhorxha is pronounced Georgia. -- Steve Hayes http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm http://khanya.wordpress.com |
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