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

> uncomfortable.  And envious.  Or maybe your pronunciation expertise makes
> you sound Mexican Spanish to your California bozos; we're a nation that
> hates its Latinos, or associates them with gardeners and hotel maids.  So
> this laughter would, in fact, constitute bigotry, whereas I don't think that
> "Viet n&m" does in quite the same way.  I hope you get some ambitious,
> linguistic-minded ADULTS for friends.
>
> Maybe graduate school will put you in touch with some.  Bonne chance!
>
> Sally
Apparently I have, as Arathaey stands an example.

Perhaps my monologue illustrated me as a victim too strongly.  A
handful of morons laughed on the first few weeks of my German 3 class,
but they got used to it when I persisted.  My college has a more
diverse population than Scripps (I have visited Harvey Mudd, your
neighboring college).  Here, at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, we have a
thick population of smart types, but ours is also an agriculture
school, so it happens that my roommate is a self described "good
country boy" wielding an excessive arsenal and engaging in such sports
as logging and pig hunting.  I love him no less for it, and I still
pronounce our Spanish names like "Higuera" and "Cerro San Luis" as
well as I can.

I agree, there is pressure among males not to excel academically,
here.  I've always wondered at how my female counterparts could excel
academically and assimilate socially at once.

Kris.
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