argeybargey
Retired - Don't Quite Fit
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How refreshing I thought, as Roxanne correctly pronounced Paraiba for what was to me the first time on JM. However, the voices have since told her that "we" pronounce it parra-eeeeeeeba. Oh no "we" don't, and you'd think the voices, even if they don't know they're mispronouncing the word, would accept that possibly an American (coming from a country with high hispanic and latino populations) would have a better idea of the pronunciation than they. Rod at Gems had it right for a while but was talked into a confused pronunciation until it became parr-ayba (another common mispronuciation on JM and Gems). We English can be an arrogant bunch at times. xxxxxxxxxx
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