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To: Dqban22

It's interesting that almost no one in the media pronounces Pinochet's name correctly. They tend to pronounce it as though it were French, rather than Spanish.


7 posted on 12/12/2006 10:06:25 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill
"They tend to pronounce it as though it were French, rather than Spanish."

Actually I think it is supposed to be pronounced with a Breton accent. He is descended from immigrants from Brittany, which now speaks French but at the time of emigration was probably still dominated by Breton.
8 posted on 12/12/2006 10:56:50 AM PST by ndt
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To: Fiji Hill

The Spanish speakers pronounce it as Pinoche


11 posted on 12/12/2006 2:43:24 PM PST by Mi-kha-el ((There is no Pravda in Izvestiya and no Izvestiya in Pravda.))
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