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23 Aug 03 - 01:57 PM (#1007055) Subject: BS: "Honn Buy-ne" aka John Wayne From: GUEST,Kittie The thread on "Jones in Welsh" triggered something in me . Have you ever heard the way non-English speakers pronounce famous people's names ? Some examples from Spain: Honn Buy-ne ( John Wayne ) Clark E-Gab-li ( Clark Gable ) Say-an Connery ( Sean Connerry ) Paco Hones ( pronounced Pa -Cojones ) ( Tom Jones - they are being cheeky here because cojones are testicles ) |
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23 Aug 03 - 02:13 PM (#1007065) Subject: RE: BS: Honn Buy-ne ( John Wayne ) From: Ebbie The other day a tourist from Israel pronounced 'Galilee' as 'Gah-lil-ee, instead of as 'Gal-ah-lee' as I'd been taught. Assuming that her pronunciation is the one they use, they'd be correct in saying I was doing the same thing as your 'Honn Buy-ne '. I loved words from an early age- I well remember as a kid spouting- and being laughed at for- FAT ah goo and pictureskew.:) |
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23 Aug 03 - 02:22 PM (#1007071) Subject: RE: BS: Honn Buy-ne ( John Wayne ) From: Little Hawk 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 |