Iskousogos and ahpiracion de la S.

[Anthony Grant]

It also occurred (and maybe still occurs) in Philippine Spanish speech;
the story goes that when the US warship that signalled the transfer of
power from Spain to the US came into Subiic Bay, the secretray to the
viceroy exclaimed "Sen~or, loh americanoh ehtan aqui".  The indigenous
peoples of  the Philippines were customarly referred to as indios
(Indians) in Spanish colonial sources, by the way.  Philippine Spanish
was basically Mexican Spanish, complete with the Nahuatl loan element
(ZACATE for 'grass', etc) but that's another story.

Anthony

>>> rankin at ku.edu 08/03/2005 15:07:14 >>>
> I know it's found in Argentina.  And in Chile, since an exchange
student from there once told an astounded Spanish class I was in that
he
was pleased to be here in loh ehtaoh unioh.

All over the 'southern cone' of SA as well as circum-Caribbean and
most
coastal areas.  Very widespread.  In most areas it's also a 'marker',
in
the Labovian sense, of male speech, which tends to discourage
hypercorrection.

> One reference did attribute it to the Onate Expedition of 1601,
though
I'm not positive that's right.

Onate may be right.  It's one of the early Span expeditions to the
interior plains of NA.

Bob


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