va-yay-ho is correct from when I learned Spanish. OTOH, I believe that
the 'b' belongs in the same syllable as the 'r': cah-BREE-yo.
If you want massacred Spanish, ask an Angleno to pronounce the name of a
very long L.A. street: Sepulveda. Angeleno prounciation is
"seh-PUHL-veh-dah" not "seh-puhl-VEE-dah" (we also don't do the b/v
thing, either.).
Best,
Glenn
On 4/19/2013 18:24, Geo Mealer wrote:
Think Vallejo would be va-yay-ho, vs our va-lay-ho.
I thought we did pronounce Cabrillo correctly, though. Was I supposed
to be rhyming it with armadillo all these years?
On Apr 19, 2013, at 5:46 PM, "Mark Jansen" <markjan...@verizon.net
<mailto:markjan...@verizon.net>> wrote:
Huh? Californians say "Cab-REE-yo," not "Cab-RILL-o," while Mission
Viejo is "Vee-YAY-ho but Vallejois "Val-LAY-ho." What's the general
rule again?
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[mailto:basfa-boun...@lists.basfa.org] *On Behalf Of *Ken Patterson
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True, but as one of the comments indicated that once something is
localized outside of it's native region, then the prevailing
pronunciation is correct. Because we definitely don't pronounce
Vallejo (of Spanish origin) or Cabrillo (of Portuguese origin)
correctly around here...
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