Nicaragua

[Jonathan Lighter]

And "France" pronounced as "France" instead of French "France."  And "Paris" instead of "Paris."

And "Australia" instead of "Australia."

But I guess that's English.

JL

Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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>Everybody in the media says /hunta/ for "junta," and has for at
>least forty years, but the quaint OED says the obvious anglicization
>is A-OK.
>
>Many of us will recall Byron's "Don Joo-an."
>
And Cervantes' "Don Kwik-sut."

Larry


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