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Re: CHAT: F.L.O.E.S.

From:Carlos Thompson <chlewey@...>
Date:Friday, February 27, 2004, 21:38
j\on 'kowan esk4i'Bjo :

> Carlos Thompson scripsit: > > > Hmmm, some Colombian Spanish pronunciation of foreign words... > > > > some might be transparent... some other less so. > > Given a little knowledge of Spanish phonology, all seem obvious except
these:
> > > tSow
If you are more careful and more accurate you would say [Sow], but it has become so common in Spanish that very few people care for the original pronunciation.
> > ba4i'kelo 't4uli > > 'sato fisi'kela 'kia pe'j\o
Luka had them right.
> > Of course, semantic shift is another problem: successfully identifying > /sVm"brejrow/ as an English borrowing of _sombrero_ does not tell you > its meaning, which is "traditional Mexican hat".
Well. I have listen sometimes Spanish wors and phrases in the middle of English sentences (pronounced by native English speakers)... sometimes is very hard to figure out what they mean (or that that is Spanish at all). "Mi casa es su casa" comes to mind. Well, some more Colombian mangled foreign words: fi'le mi'Jon tSato'b4jan gu'laS fon'di espa'getis maka'rrones bolo'Jesa 'majkol 'j\akson p4ins 'elton j\on es'pajs gers 'bekham sine'Din si'Dan rro'ma4jo tSar'lis te'ron da'\jan 'kiton na'omi Gwats re'ne sel'gweger 'j\oni dep bil 'mu.rraj tSon pen 'alek 'bolgwin a'merikan 'erlans 'istern sa'Dam hu'sejn o'sama bin 'laden

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