They slaughter Spanish town names up here. I'm a big gringo myself, but I've lived in TX long enough to have a decent sense of Spanish pronunciation.
I first noticed it listening to the local radio stations on the way up here; they kept mentioning Salida, which they pronounced "Sal-EYE-da." I thought that was strange... Looked like "Sal-EE-da" to me.
But now I'm noticing a pattern. A nearby town, Buena Vista (which of course we would pronounce "Bwayna Vista"), is called "Byoona Vista" by the locals.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment