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Re: Country names

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Thursday, May 8, 2003, 17:28
> Englishers actually make it [jA:m@] (this should be interpreted as a loose > transcription - no YAEPTs invited!)? In Swedish, we say ['lA:ma], same as > the one-l variety.
No, in English we pronounce both lama and llama the same; otherwise the Nash poem wouldn't make much sense. Perhaps some Alex Trebek wannabes pronounce it as if it were Spanish, but they're the exception rather than the rule. My personal pronunciation is something like ['la:m@]. -Mark