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

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
> ba4i'kelo 't4uli
> 'sato fisi'kela 'kia pe'j\o
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".

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