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Posted By: GUEST,I get your point, however...
27-Apr-17 - 12:51 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Suite Judy Blue Eyes: strange last part
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Suite Judy Blue Eyes: strange last part
I see your point re: Stills' bad Spanish grammar, etc, but bear in mind that lots of people believe they know how to say things in Spanish and other languages.

They think so because they are speaking what they HEARD someone teach them, rather than what the speaker was actually trying to teach.

The familiar present "how are you?" in Spanish is "¿como estás?" - but I knew a person who spoke not a word of real Spanish otherwise who claimed that she KNEW that it was pronounced

"COMA-sauce", as one word, with the emphasis on the first syllable, "COMA",

because that's what she heard when she asked a co-worker how to say it.

She was absolutely confident that "COMA-sauce" was the correct pronunciation, emphasis and everything.