Re: VW (was: Digest 2 Apr)

In a message dated 4/5/01 10:08:44 PM, Barry_Garcia@MONTEREY.EDU writes:

<< I frequently hear English speakers where I live pronounce Cesar Chavez'

name as /ShavEz/, when the ch should be /tS/. >>

    That's because that's the way Mexican Spanish speakers pronounce his name
when they're speaking English--and only when they're speaking English.  I've
tested my grandmother for this.  It's incomprehensible to me.

-David

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