Speaking of which, most North Americans mispronounce Tish Hinojosa's last name, saying "Hi-No-Joe-Sah". It's actually pronounced "Een-No-Ho-Sah" in Spanish.

Then there was Ava Gardner. We say it "Ay-Va". The Spanish say it "Ah-Va". When they want to say "Ay-Va" they spell it "Eva", which we pronounce "Ee-Va". Ava's parents probably figured that Eva was too common a name, so they named her Ava, little realizing that Spanish-speaking people pronouce the name Eva the way we pronounce Ava and don't say "Eva" at all unless you spell it "Yva" or "Iva". Confused yet?

- LH