John Cowan wrote:
Most people say [kihote], since we do not have the Spanish "j", IPA [x].
(Of course the [o] and [e] vowels become diphthongs, as in most varieties
of English.) I personally made a mild nuisance of myself in the class
where I studied it by insisting on saying [kiSote]. The derived adjective
"quixotic", however, is pronounced in native fashion [kwIksOtIk].
My brother told me once (I think) that he's heard English professors
(as in, ones from England) actually pronounce the knight's name as
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Often the /h/ in the usual English pronunciation is reduced,
making it more like [kiote] or even [kjoti].
~mark
