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

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@/
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 saw no mention of diphthongs on the CXS page.  Is there syntax for
> them?  The 'i' in Higuera is pronounced as a diphthong 'ay'.
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.


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