Tom In Argentina and Uruguay Y is pronounced almost like your sh in shopping. In general in Colombia there isn´t difference in the pronunciation of LL an Y.
2014-02-23 23:40 GMT-05:00 Tom Johnson <[email protected]>: > Well, since we've gone this far... > > I have yet to land on a singular pronunciation of "yo.". It can vary from > the hard Y as in "Joe" to "yo" like yo-yo. > My preliminary observation: the farther south one goes in LatAm, the > harder/stronger the "y", as in "Joe". But better data is clearly needed. > I wonder if linguists have done any mapping of Spanish as has been done for > American usages? > -TJ > On Feb 23, 2014 6:50 PM, "Steve Smith" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 2/23/14 6:36 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote: >> >> Xavier and Xalapa come to mind. Both those "x"s are pronounced like >> "h". >> >> and Me"h"ico! >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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