Dons Quixote and Juan (was: Chile)

[Bill Palmer]

I have never heard an American speaker of English say "Kwiksott", except
when referring to how British speakers supposedly pronounce "Quixote".

Just an observation, which may have already been pointed out.



Bill Palmer

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From: "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>
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Subject: Re: Dons Quixote and Juan (was: Chile)


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> At 10/8/2010 11:57 PM, Garson O'Toole wrote:
>>Did you tell the teacher that his pronunciation of Quixote was quixotic?
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> No I didn't!  :-)  (BTW, it was a she.)  But even in 9th grade, I
> wouldn't have seen a contradiction.  See the recent discussion of
> Anglicization.  "Quixotic" is an (adopted, to be sure) English word;
> "Quixote" is a Spanish name, and if the English (whether teachers or
> citizens) pronounce it differently, I might conclude it was the way
> he said his own name.
>
> As I wrote earlier, it did sound odd, and perhaps even wrong, to me
> at the time.  If I remember, it also sounded wrong to several of my
> classmates.  But no one dared to question this more than minimally
> always correct and rigid teacher.
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> Joel
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