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[Fozzer]

Lots of stuff to read here...>>>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settlement_of_the_Americas

...I may be a while... ...!

I guess the early "Americans" had the appearance, (facial features), of the Mongols from north eastern Asia, (and probably still do!).

Paul....Following the route from Asia, across the Bering Strait.... ...!

[Jean Loup]

P.S....
Its always worth listening to USA News Broadcasts, to learn the correct pronunciation of place names... ...!
Paul... ...!

It is because of native or spanish influence, but it's the first time I hear a british man saying the USA has correct pronunciation!!

[Fozzer]

P.S....
Its always worth listening to USA News Broadcasts, to learn the correct pronunciation of place names... ...!
Paul... ...!

It is because of native or Spanish influence, but it's the first time I hear a British man saying the USA has correct pronunciation!!

.... ... ... ...!

...don't jump to conclusions.... ...!

They may be very good at pronouncing their own place names in the USA, but they do have difficulties regarding pronouncing place names outside of the USA.... ....!

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Joaquin_Valley

I am very familiar with Cal Central Valley, but here's a place name in Central Valley that I always have problems in pronouncing...>>>

"San Joaquin"

San Joa-queen...Nope!

Saen Hwa-ki-n.... ...?

They often "sound" nothing like their English spelling!

Paul.... ...!

[Webb]

If anything in the southwest US starts with "San" the chances are pretty good that you should pronounce it as if you were speaking Spanish.

Munich = MYU-nick, not MUN-ich

Marseille = Mar-SAY, not Mar-SELL-ee

Worcestershire = I have no idea

[Fozzer]

If anything in the southwest US starts with "San" the chances are pretty good that you should pronounce it as if you were speaking Spanish.

Munich = MYU-nick, not MUN-ich

Marseille = Mar-SAY, not Mar-SELL-ee

Worcestershire = I have no idea

Whoo-ster-shire..... ...!

Worcester...Whoo-ster....

Leominster....Lemp-ster..... ....!

Paul Louis.....Pawl Looee.... ...!

[OldAirmail]

Pronounced Whoopi Tech by it's inhabitants.

[Fozzer]

Gloucester....Gloster.

Gloucestershire...Gloster-shire.

Lots of England place names in the USA and Canada. I wonder if they are all pronounced the same in the three locations?

Paul..... ...!

[Webb]

Worcester, Mass = WOO-STAH, but if you have ever heard a John Kennedy speech you know that "English" is not really the language spoken in Massachusetts. In fairness the same goes for Jimmy Carter and whatever language they speak in Atlanta.

All Americans should learn to speak like Walter Cronkite and all British Isles residents should learn to speak like BBC news presenters.

Something else to think about. A Cuban can't understand a Castilian.

[H]

Something else to think about: A Cuban can't understand a Castilian.

...and Herr Sachs hails from Germany. He suggested he play the character part of a German immigrant but it was insisted he use a (supposed) Barcelona accent -- what, er, que!

[H]

Lots of England place names in the USA and Canada. I wonder if they are all pronounced the same in the three locations?

Depends upon the person, often the generation, saying them... just like our words. Most now have ants and uncles -- I sometimes had ants below my ankles but my aunts (ahnts) were with my uncles. As for the pronunciation of Worcester, it also depends upon the listener. My pronunciation is actually Woostur and, to me, car is pronounced "karr"; however, Midwesterners sometimes commented about my pronunciation as "kah", whereas, my Connecticut cousin chuckled about my pronouncing it "karrr" versus, to my ears, his "kah" (I thought he'd gotten a kink in his tongue).