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Okay, then can someone explain to me how Camilo Villegas is pronounced "Vee Jay Gas"????
 
blackrock13 said:
So my family members, about five families with 20 members worth, who live in Barcelona and the surrounding area, and can trace their roots there about 400 years, arriving after the great plaque, are wrong. That's how they explained it. As they have a very ancient Celtic name, it tends to stick out in the phone books. Feel free to call them up and chastise them.
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Ah, but twouldn't that make them Catalonians, and their pronunciation part of a different language?

Pronunciation doesn't matter as much as communicating the content, but it's a pleasant politeness—or an unpleasant snobbery—to adjust according to who you're speaking with.

I worked for a guy with a finca on Ibiza and holidayed there; all I heard was Ee-bee-tha.
 
oldjones said:
Ah, but twouldn't that make them Catalonians, and their pronunciation part of a different language?

Pronunciation doesn't matter as much as communicating the content, but it's a pleasant politeness—or an unpleasant snobbery—to adjust according to who you're speaking with.

I worked for a guy with a finca on Ibiza and holidayed there; all I heard was Ee-bee-tha.
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You have a misunderstanding about blackrock's quote - his reply was about the pronouciation of Barcelona, not Ibiza.
 
smiley1437 said:
You have a misunderstanding about blackrock's quote - his reply was about the pronouciation of Barcelona, not Ibiza.
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I thought the OP deserved a reply, along with my query to blackrock about the language in the Barcelona area. Thanks for the concern, but I rather think you misread my post and intention.
 
oldjones said:
Ah, but twouldn't that make them Catalonians, and their pronunciation part of a different language?

Pronunciation doesn't matter as much as communicating the content, but it's a pleasant politeness—or an unpleasant snobbery—to adjust according to who you're speaking with.

I worked for a guy with a finca on Ibiza and holidayed there; all I heard was Ee-bee-tha.
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You're quite right. Overtime, since learning about their distant cousins in the rest of the world, their command of Spanglish has improve, but I still sound too Hollywood. The next time I go back to Spain unfortunately won't be to Barcelona, but we may meet in Toledo, only 7 hours away. The sea air wrecks havoc on my hair.
 
TeasePlease said:
Okay, then can someone explain to me how Camilo Villegas is pronounced "Vee Jay Gas"????
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Would be pronounced that way in parts of Central and South America. The ll is pronounced like an english y in Mexico, but more like an english j sound in Argentina, Costa Rica, Colombia...for example.
 
oldjones said:
I thought the OP deserved a reply, along with my query to blackrock about the language in the Barcelona area. Thanks for the concern, but I rather think you misread my post and intention.
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Sorry I goofed, I thought that was Blackrock's reply to Rubbie and posted without checking
 
Chiroden said:
How do you think, is it a good idea to present my wife with a trip to Ibiza? Since I married her she has dreamt of going there all the time, now I want her to see the land of her dreams, thought to get more info on rove.me about a possible trip, can the site be trusted anybody knows?
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Holy Crap, can't believe you revived at 6 year old thread instead of just starting a new none...lol.
 
Never take an SO (or even an Insignificant One) to a place you worry about pronouncing correctly. Whatever he, she, it or they call it should be good enough for you.
 
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