does it mean their from the dominican republic or dominica? Its frustrating when they say their dominican, i dont know which one their from. I heard its pronounced differently, (how so exactly?) but lots of times i just see it written and I dont know the difference
also how do you pronounce dominica? i know how to pronounce the dominican republic.
2007-03-10 12:56:49 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It's all in the pronunciation. "Dominican" from the Dominican Republic is stressed on the first "i". The name of the island of Dominica has its stress on the second "i" and therefore the name of a person from that island has its stress on the second "i" and it sounds quite different when said aloud.
2007-03-10 13:41:34 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Both people from the Dominican Republic and from Dominica are called Dominican. But I think you will find more people from the Dominican Republic than from Dominica in the US.
Dominica should be pronounced /do-mee-'nee-ka/
2007-03-10 13:46:53 · answer #2 · answered by Atanasia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the Dominican Republic.
2007-03-10 13:17:03 · answer #3 · answered by JV 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋