Ajijic pronunciation redux
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Ajijic pronunciation redux
Just an FYI for anyone interested:
A snipped from Dane Chandos book VILLAGE IN THE SUN published in the early 1940's where she sounds out and explains the hows and whys of pronouncing "Ajijic".
"Ajijic. Say Ach-ich-ee, with the ch as in Scottish loch, and the tonic accent on the last syllable. By the rules of Spanish the final c should be pronounced, but when anyone pronounces it, we Ajijiquenses know he is a stranger hereabouts. The name used to be written Axixique, a Spanish corruption of a Nahuatl name that means The Place Where the Water Springs."
The book is a great read and available free online.
A snipped from Dane Chandos book VILLAGE IN THE SUN published in the early 1940's where she sounds out and explains the hows and whys of pronouncing "Ajijic".
"Ajijic. Say Ach-ich-ee, with the ch as in Scottish loch, and the tonic accent on the last syllable. By the rules of Spanish the final c should be pronounced, but when anyone pronounces it, we Ajijiquenses know he is a stranger hereabouts. The name used to be written Axixique, a Spanish corruption of a Nahuatl name that means The Place Where the Water Springs."
The book is a great read and available free online.
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Hola, Bob. Can you provide a link to finding this book free online? I haven't had any luck in an exhaustive 3-minute search. Thanks.
Duckie, just returned from Lakeside to Missouri, where an ice storm looms tomorrow. Sheesh.
Duckie, just returned from Lakeside to Missouri, where an ice storm looms tomorrow. Sheesh.
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There was no Spanish corruption of the word. Nahuatl was not a written language and the Spanish had to write the words via phonetics in the same manner that other languages of different alphabets are transliterated. The x was used for the phoneme -sh which wasn't found in Castellano but quite commonly used in Nahuatl. Over time the letter x has been replaced by the letter j in many words in Mexico. And the final c is used by most Mexicans regardless of what some pretentious gringos liked to have claimed.
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Here's a link to the book Duckie:
https://archive.org/details/villageinthesun007022mbp
https://archive.org/details/villageinthesun007022mbp
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Just because Dane Chandos heard it that way , it does not mean it is correct. I would not use an American expat to learn how to say Ajijic ....just saying.
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Redux was pronounced Re-dush, but now the x is silent (for those in the know)
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So Ah he heek is wrong??
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Zedinmexico wrote:So Ah he heek is wrong??
No.
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and i pronounce it any way i wish because i can. sometimes when i say it, it comes out sounding like gringo ghetto-SNORK!
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We were talking to a Canadian in Tlaquepaque whose cousin owned a place he called Chaaaa-paala. Was that pronunciation because he could?
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I hear it pronounced Chuu-paala a lot.
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Both are not nearly as bad as Guad!
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For some reason, Joco bothers me more than Guad does.
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Old people with a shortage of breath unable to navigate multiple syllables???? Try Parangaricutirimícuaro.
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"Joco" is a term of endearment.
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Joco is used by locals.
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