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To: untenured

I just started tutoring a lady in English who hails from Mexico City. She knows little English, so I pronounced Mexico like Hispanics do. She surprized me by pronounced it the way Americans do. My guess is that she's trying to be respectful here. It impressed me.


16 posted on 02/10/2006 10:26:44 AM PST by twigs
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To: twigs
My guess is that she's trying to be respectful here. It impressed me.

Cerrtainly, if I were speaking Spanish, I would say "MEH-hee-ko." If I were speaking English in Mexico I might or might not do the same. But if I'm speaking English in the USA, even to a native speaker of Spanish or someone who came from Mexico, I don't feel a need to do that; it feels like an affectation.

18 posted on 02/10/2006 10:29:58 AM PST by untenured (http://futureuncertain.blogspot.com)
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