2006-12-14 01:04:41 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
really weird...:DD
2006-12-14 01:06:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Don't knock the Spanish spelling and pronunciation. In Spanish, each letter stands for one phoneme (sound - more or less) and anyone who has studied it for a couple of weeks will be able to pronounce EVERY new word accurately just from how it is written. English is the oddity, where much of the older spellings have been kept even though the words are now pronounced differently. E.g. Old English 'eahta' pronounced 'ay-ach-ta' > Modern English 'eight' pronounced with no hint of a 'g' or h'.
2006-12-14 09:33:42 · answer #2 · answered by JJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haha. Not so weird!! The pronunciation spanish is more of an english H sound. But in Portuguese it is J like George or Joke. Try it both ways... Languages are cool!
2006-12-14 09:26:02 · answer #3 · answered by Amy B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The J in spanish roughly translates to an H sound,
Jose = hosay
Juan = Hwan
and so on.
2006-12-14 09:07:25 · answer #4 · answered by Pope my ride! 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's about as weird as gnat being pronounced "nat". Or knob being pronounced "naub".
Different languages may pronounce letters differently.
In Spanish, the letter "j" is pronounced like the English "h".
The letter "h" in spanish is silent (like the g and k in my english examples above).
2006-12-14 09:16:20 · answer #5 · answered by OnlyMe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not weird at all, you simple don't have the proper letter in English, and Spanish have some letters taken from Arabic that an English speaking person finds very difficult to pronounce.
2006-12-14 09:08:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's not weird, it's a language difference. are you weird for pronouncing a "j" as a "j" rather than an "h" or a "y" even though the spanish pronounce it "h" and the germans pronounce it "y"??
2006-12-14 09:08:02 · answer #7 · answered by Eowyn 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because Jose is more of a spanish word.
2006-12-14 09:12:22 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jaime Hayme
Juan Huwan
not really weird... just the way it is
2006-12-14 09:09:35 · answer #9 · answered by sedatedeyes209 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Um, not weird at all. Apparently you don't have many Spanish/Mexican friends??
:)
Thumbs Down for the ignorant question!!!!
2006-12-14 09:06:53 · answer #10 · answered by Boodie 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
weird how? just as weird as the fact that hear, hair, hare, and here are all pronounced the same.
2006-12-14 09:07:28 · answer #11 · answered by L. 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋