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Spanish name pronunciation
I hope I haven't asked this hear already.
If one is the master of ceremonies at a meeting or the host of a tv show, or introducing someone for a radio show, and the person being introduced or better yet mentioned when he is not present, and his last name is listed as Quinones, and you can't ask him how that is pronounced, is it proper to assume there is meant to be a tilde over the first n, but the tilde was lost by someone like me who doesn't bother with tildes, and the name is pronounced as in Spanish? Or should one assume the name has been anglicised?
Similar question about other names normally spelled with diacritical marks that influence the pronunciation. Like Rene. Should that be pronounced Reen?
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Born west of Pittsburgh Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis, 7 years
Chicago, 6 years
Brooklyn NY 12 years
Baltimore 20 years
If one is the master of ceremonies at a meeting or the host of a tv show, or introducing someone for a radio show, and the person being introduced or better yet mentioned when he is not present, and his last name is listed as Quinones, and you can't ask him how that is pronounced, is it proper to assume there is meant to be a tilde over the first n, but the tilde was lost by someone like me who doesn't bother with tildes, and the name is pronounced as in Spanish? Or should one assume the name has been anglicised?
Similar question about other names normally spelled with diacritical marks that influence the pronunciation. Like Rene. Should that be pronounced Reen?
s/ meirman If you are emailing me please
say if you are posting the same response.
Born west of Pittsburgh Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis, 7 years
Chicago, 6 years
Brooklyn NY 12 years
Baltimore 20 years
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[nq:1]If one is the master of ceremonies at a meeting or the host of a tv show, or introducing someone ... and his last name is listed as Quinones, and you can't ask him how that is pronounced . [/nq] No problem: ask a Spanish consul, ask a professor of Iberian languages, ask at the United Nations but ask!
- [nq:1]If one is the master of ceremonies at a meeting or the host of a tv show, or introducing someone ...
- and his last name is listed as Quinones, and you can't ask him how that is pronounced .
- [/nq] No problem: ask a Spanish consul, ask a professor of Iberian languages, ask at the United Nations but ask!
- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
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[nq:1]If one is the master of ceremonies at a meeting or the host of a tv show, or introducing someone ... and his last name is listed as Quinones, and you can't ask him how that is pronounced . . .[/nq]
No problem: ask a Spanish consul, ask a
professor of Iberian languages, ask at the
United Nations but ask!
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
No problem: ask a Spanish consul, ask a
professor of Iberian languages, ask at the
United Nations but ask!
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
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[nq:2]If one is the master of ceremonies at a meeting ... can't ask him how that is pronounced . . .[/nq]
[nq:1]No problem: ask a Spanish consul, ask a professor of Iberian languages, ask at the United Nations but ask![/nq]
Good advice. You then confidently say the name only to discover later that he has Americanized or Anglicised the pronunciation!
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[nq:1]No problem: ask a Spanish consul, ask a professor of Iberian languages, ask at the United Nations but ask![/nq]
Good advice. You then confidently say the name only to discover later that he has Americanized or Anglicised the pronunciation!
There is a lot to be said for i
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[nq:1]I hope I haven't asked this hear already. If one is the master of ceremonies at a meeting or the ... with tildes, and the name is pronounced as in Spanish? Or should one assume the name has been anglicised?[/nq]
Ask.
[nq:1]Similar question about other names normally spelled with diacritical marks that influence the pronunciation. Like Rene. Should that be pronounced Reen?[/nq]
As
Ask.
[nq:1]Similar question about other names normally spelled with diacritical marks that influence the pronunciation. Like Rene. Should that be pronounced Reen?[/nq]
As
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[nq:2]Similar question about other names normally spelled with diacritical marks that influence the pronunciation. Like Rene. Should that be pronounced Reen?[/nq]
[nq:1]Ask. I knew a lady who went by the name Rene. She pronounced it "reenie". It was a nickname for Lorena. Ask.[/nq]
Ask! My friend Rene is pronounced Reen - short for Irene!
Margot
[nq:1]Ask. I knew a lady who went by the name Rene. She pronounced it "reenie". It was a nickname for Lorena. Ask.[/nq]
Ask! My friend Rene is pronounced Reen - short for Irene!
Margot
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[nq:2]I hope I haven't asked this hear already. If one ... Or should one assume the name has been anglicised?[/nq]
[nq:1]Ask.[/nq]
As I said, one can't ask him. Let's assume it's not possible to ask anyone else who knows how he pronounces it, and that it's not possible to ask anyone who can guess better than one can. Would you all pronounce it with a tilde or without?
[nq:2]Similar que
[nq:1]Ask.[/nq]
As I said, one can't ask him. Let's assume it's not possible to ask anyone else who knows how he pronounces it, and that it's not possible to ask anyone who can guess better than one can. Would you all pronounce it with a tilde or without?
[nq:2]Similar que
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[nq:2]Ask. I knew a lady who went by the name Rene. She pronounced it "reenie". It was a nickname for Lorena. Ask.[/nq]
[nq:1]Ask! My friend Rene is pronounced Reen - short for Irene![/nq]
I had an 'aunty' (actually a close friend of my mother's) called 'Reenie', also short for Irene.
wrmst rgrds
Robin Bignall
Quiet part of Hertfordshire
England
[nq:1]Ask! My friend Rene is pronounced Reen - short for Irene![/nq]
I had an 'aunty' (actually a close friend of my mother's) called 'Reenie', also short for Irene.
wrmst rgrds
Robin Bignall
Quiet part of Hertfordshire
England
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[nq:2]Ask! My friend Rene is pronounced Reen - short for Irene![/nq]
[nq:1]I had an 'aunty' (actually a close friend of my mother's) called 'Reenie', also short for Irene.[/nq]
Greater Laurel's ABC-TV affiliate has a sportscaster (male) named "Rene," who pronounces it "Rennie."
Bob Lieblich
Who pronounces it "Bob"
[nq:1]I had an 'aunty' (actually a close friend of my mother's) called 'Reenie', also short for Irene.[/nq]
Greater Laurel's ABC-TV affiliate has a sportscaster (male) named "Rene," who pronounces it "Rennie."
Bob Lieblich
Who pronounces it "Bob"
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[nq:1]As I said, one can't ask him. Let's assume it's not possible to ask anyone else who knows how he ... to ask anyone who can guess better than one can. Would you all pronounce it with a tilde or without?[/nq]
With. If you pronounce it in the customary Spanish way and get it wrong because he's americanized it, you can claim surprise and may even get some credit for trying to do it right. If
With. If you pronounce it in the customary Spanish way and get it wrong because he's americanized it, you can claim surprise and may even get some credit for trying to do it right. If
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[nq:2]I had an 'aunty' (actually a close friend of my mother's) called 'Reenie', also short for Irene.[/nq]
[nq:1]Greater Laurel's ABC-TV affiliate has a sportscaster (male) named "Rene," who pronounces it "Rennie."[/nq]
My manager just before retirement was a "Rennie", spelled that way, originally from South Africa. I can't recall having come across the name elsewhere, as a first name. Fa
[nq:1]Greater Laurel's ABC-TV affiliate has a sportscaster (male) named "Rene," who pronounces it "Rennie."[/nq]
My manager just before retirement was a "Rennie", spelled that way, originally from South Africa. I can't recall having come across the name elsewhere, as a first name. Fa
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[nq:1]My manager just before retirement was a "Rennie", spelled that way, originally from South Africa. I can't recall having come across the name elsewhere, as a first name. Family name, yes - Michael Rennie, the actor, for instance.[/nq]
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