Re: Rhys Ifans! Welsh fans, another pronunciation pop question

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:05:00 -0800, Arthaey Angosii <arthaey@...> wrote:
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> Emaelivpishe Kris Kowal:
> > > How _do_ they pronounce the Spanish names?
> >
> > Bearing with my first attempts at CXS, here are a couple local examples:
> >
> > San Luis Obispo: /sAn lu\'Is @u\'bIs,p@u\/
> > Higuera: /hay'ger@/
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> Also from the area, I say [s&n'luIs @'bIspou], or just [s&n'luIs].
> Kris, do you really put the stress on the second syllable of "Luis",
> or is that an error from being new to CXS? I've always associated that
> stress pattern with out-of-towners, especially when it becomes
> [lu'is], the way it would be pronounced in Spanish.
>
I pronounce "San Luis" as you do (oh lord... the more I keep looking
at it, the more it's looking _French_!)





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> I've seen the two vowels directly next to each other, the way you have
> for "Higuera" (expect that /y/ is the front close rounded vowel in
> IPA; you mean /j/). This contrasts with placing a period between the
> vowels, to indicate a syllable break.
>
Here, we'd say Higuera as /hIgEr@/.



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