Re: CHAT: I need help with the concept "New World Spanish"
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
|---|
| Date: | Sunday, September 1, 2002, 20:21 |
|---|
Quoting Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@...>:
> On 31 Aug 02, at 18:15, Padraic Brown wrote:
>
> > Our Argentinian teacher taught us /So me
> > Samo/ while the Mexican said /jo me jamo/.
>
> I had a Japanese girlfriend at one point; she had spent some time in
> Mexico. She said she had learned [dZo me dZamo], which sounded weird to
> me... I could kind of accept [dZamo], but pronouncing |yo| as [dZo]
> seemed bizarre. But she insisted that was what she had learned.
Clearly, you haven't watched enough commercials on Univision
or Telemundo: "[dZame a?ora]..."
I'm pretty sure I've heard [dZo] there too.
=========================================================================
Thomas Wier
Dept. of Linguistics "Nihil magis praestandum est quam ne pecorum ritu
University of Chicago sequamur antecedentium gregem, pergentes non qua
1010 E. 59th Street eundum est, sed qua itur." -- Seneca
Chicago, IL 60637
Reply