Nahuatl pronunciation on TV

[John F. Schwaller]

At 05:03 PM 1/14/03 +0000, jmchavar at itesm.mx wrote:
>Almost everyone in Mexico City pronounce Tlaxcala, Texcoco, Xochimilco,
>Mixocac and other words with the "x" as "s"


I wouldn't go that far.  Xochimilco is still normally pronounced show -
chee - MEEL - co  at least among the folks I hang out with.  Certainly
among all the girls, big and little, names Xochitl, the name is usually
pronounced with the -sh- not a simple -s-





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