"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 23:13:59 GMT, "Charles Gifford"
> > wrote:
> >
> > As I said, it is not a "term". I made it up from the way it is
pronounced.
>
> It's always been a YOU thing for me and I thought it was
> cute from the get go. Playing with language is not new to
> me, so I understood. Since you're a real local, you should
> know the truth unless - unless it's second language
> interference... or is our e pronunced A?

Hee! I love word play. It is e (mostly).

> What I'd like to know how it is that you SoCal people who
> pronounce Spanish words so correctly ("qu" in words is
> pronounced "key"), but mess up on San Diego and Santa Ana
> (Santana)?

Probably sheer lazyness or perhaps subborness and the me-them thing used to
cause different pronounciations. Anyway, the proper use of Spanish words is
something I percieve as rather new for the greater part of the population.
The whole thing is skewed by the immense insurge of people from other
states. I think there is a greater emphasis on proper pronunciation
nowadays. There are also many, many more Spanish speakers in SoCal now than
there used to be.

> Up here, we take liberties with all languages (just to
> confuse the tourists, of course). Quintara isn't
> Keen-tar-ah, it's quin-tair-ah and Dubois isn't doo-bwah
> here, it's doo-bose.
>
> LOL

Taking liberties is fun! But, isn't Dubois, Du Boys?

Charlie

> sf
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