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How does one pronounce the last name of Simon Bolivar in English and in Spanish?
It's been a long time and I'm confused now, but iirc and I usually do, in history classes in JHS and HS they made a point of pronouncing the name differently from how it would be pronounced in English.
But surpriyse, surpriyse, when I got to Central America, they didn't pronounce it that way. They pronounced it according the rules of Spanish, which meant the teachers or someone in the US had made up some pseudo-Spanish pronunciation.
Now, sad to say, I've forgotten the rules of both Spanish and English, and don't remember which pronunciation was used in any country, so I thought you could help me out.
If you are inclined to email me
for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-)
It's been a long time and I'm confused now, but iirc and I usually do, in history classes in JHS and HS they made a point of pronouncing the name differently from how it would be pronounced in English.
But surpriyse, surpriyse, when I got to Central America, they didn't pronounce it that way. They pronounced it according the rules of Spanish, which meant the teachers or someone in the US had made up some pseudo-Spanish pronunciation.
Now, sad to say, I've forgotten the rules of both Spanish and English, and don't remember which pronunciation was used in any country, so I thought you could help me out.
If you are inclined to email me
for some reason, remove NOPSAM :-)
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[/nq] In Spanish, it's clear. There's an accent mark on the second syllable, so you pronounce it with the accent on the second syllable. In English, most people pronounce it with the accent on the first syllable.
- [/nq] In Spanish, it's clear.
- There's an accent mark on the second syllable, so you pronounce it with the accent on the second syllable.
- In English, most people pronounce it with the accent on the first syllable.
- A few pronounce it as in Spanish, and some, not knowing there's an accent mark anywhere, mistakenly pronounce it with the accent on the last syllable.
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[nq:1]How does one pronounce the last name of Simon Bolivar in English and in Spanish?[/nq]
In Spanish, it's clear. There's an accent mark on the second syllable, so you pronounce it with the accent on the second syllable.
In English, most people pronounce it with the accent on the first syllable. A few pronounce it as in Spanish, and some, not knowing there's an accent mark anywhere,
In Spanish, it's clear. There's an accent mark on the second syllable, so you pronounce it with the accent on the second syllable.
In English, most people pronounce it with the accent on the first syllable. A few pronounce it as in Spanish, and some, not knowing there's an accent mark anywhere,
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[nq:2]How does one pronounce the last name of Simon Bolivar in English and in Spanish?[/nq]
[nq:1]In Spanish, it's clear. There's an accent mark on the second syllable, so you pronounce it with the accent on the second syllable. In English, most people pronounce it with the accent on the first syllable.[/nq]
and, in the UK at least, with a secondary accent on the last syllable.
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[nq:1]In Spanish, it's clear. There's an accent mark on the second syllable, so you pronounce it with the accent on the second syllable. In English, most people pronounce it with the accent on the first syllable.[/nq]
and, in the UK at least, with a secondary accent on the last syllable.
[nq:1]A
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[nq:1]How does one pronounce the last name of Simon Bolivar in English and in Spanish? It's been a long time ... and English, and don't remember which pronunciation was used in any country, so I thought you could help me out.[/nq]
I learned "see MOAN bow LEE var" as a child, but also learned to accept "sah MOAN BOW li ver". The first always was a good clue to the stress in the name of the coun
I learned "see MOAN bow LEE var" as a child, but also learned to accept "sah MOAN BOW li ver". The first always was a good clue to the stress in the name of the coun
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[nq:2]and some, not knowing there's an accent mark anywhere, mistakenly[/nq]
[nq:1]I'm not so sure it's a mistake. People who become famous enough to be world figures normally acquire standard pronunciations in the different languages,[/nq]
Right, but this isn't a conventional English pronunciation:
[nq:2]pronounce it with the accent on the last syllable.[/nq]
The mistake is in thi
[nq:1]I'm not so sure it's a mistake. People who become famous enough to be world figures normally acquire standard pronunciations in the different languages,[/nq]
Right, but this isn't a conventional English pronunciation:
[nq:2]pronounce it with the accent on the last syllable.[/nq]
The mistake is in thi
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[nq:2]and some, not knowing there's an accent mark anywhere, mistakenly[/nq]
[nq:1]I'm not so sure it's a mistake. People who become famous enough to be world figures normally acquire standard pronunciations in the different languages,[/nq]
Right, but this isn't a conventional English pronunciation:
[nq:2]pronounce it with the accent on the last syllable.[/nq]
The mistake is in thi
[nq:1]I'm not so sure it's a mistake. People who become famous enough to be world figures normally acquire standard pronunciations in the different languages,[/nq]
Right, but this isn't a conventional English pronunciation:
[nq:2]pronounce it with the accent on the last syllable.[/nq]
The mistake is in thi
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[nq:1]How does one pronounce the last name of Simon Bolivar in English and in Spanish?[/nq]
As a Spanish-speaker who has actually lived in Colombia, I pronounce it as:
Si-MON
Si like "simple"
MON with falling emphasis (sounds like mon in "mon ami")
Bo-LI-var
Bo like "bowl"
LI like "livid"
var like "varnish"
In actual Spanish, there are accent marks to guide
As a Spanish-speaker who has actually lived in Colombia, I pronounce it as:
Si-MON
Si like "simple"
MON with falling emphasis (sounds like mon in "mon ami")
Bo-LI-var
Bo like "bowl"
LI like "livid"
var like "varnish"
In actual Spanish, there are accent marks to guide
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