Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-05
FAMILIAR SPANISH NAMES.
Their OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ana
Southern Spanish.
Isl. Louis RepubHc.J

InR 1lIG GUdlllEh
Of CASTLE, and is used, as a rule. by edu-
Gated spaniards. But the Spanish OF Cuoa
is that of Southern Spain, which diners
from the Castilian mainly in the cases oil
tine o and z. c.. before c and /, in the
CastiIian. is pronounced as tn IN
.tbeft" and thin" In the Cuban, IL mas
tho English sound OF c. Thus, Barcelona,
in Castilian, is Bar-the-lo-na, but In CUBA
If would be pronounced in the Angiclzeu
form of Bar-se-lo-na. Il in eastman mas
the sound of 9Th" in "thimble," thirst,
and thorn" Thus, the Castllian "oulu
pronounce that word ViZcaya, the slsht
~ which has become fairly familiar 10
~, Veeth -ki-ya. a~ccenting the second syl-
loble What we call Ca-dis, accenting the
last syllable. the Castilian calls Ca-deeth.
pnt both of these words are pronounced
bv many, IL not most OF the Cupdhs' III
the course of everyday conversation III
the Anglicized form Of Ca-dis ana VS.
ki-ya. uo, ~
Spanish letters:
A as i'm fast, not the fiat American
way. but more like the English iawst; {
as i'm bed; / as in fit, o as In Knot anu III
rou n as 90 G before e and i (Castihan),
as IN IN lltll dAG NHHN
a q and II as k, oh as in charity, y De
go n n and II as in gave" give" and
"goose": b before e and /, as aspirated h
I'm head" and hint; h is always silent
as Il. with a more gutteral sound than
ir cham" heat" hip" hollow
mood: / as in give; Ii. never separ-
ated as I'm million; II with the COM
Mound curve. or crutch over 1t, as III
a~cbampagne." or nm in "%bienniaT'; gu aS
K NOT sounding the "u"; TT never separ-
ated. and pronounced as In "rallroau L
always rolls. and double r Is strongly So
. os In .sun" sit" and "selP'; X as In
"mix "tax"; Y as In years" yeast /;
0n Castilian). as 9TH" in tumble
thirst" and thorn" In the mater vi
| accent. these are the general Iuieo'
Words ending in a co~nsonant, accent -
last syllable. Those ending In d WV
accent the next TO the last sylaoi
There are certain exceptions 10 lheS'
rules, which it is not necessary ~ e
ton here.
In the following list the z INC -
where @ comes before e and l. are given
| H. "thp sound. Those who prefer the
Anelicized form can pronounce THESE ie'.
$50 &C s and G in English. Either polht
of view will answer. 4
tn snain a man fakes the names of
hotb narents. that of the father leading'
and ioined to the other by the ietler ~
| meaning and" Thus the father OF lhe
Snanish Minister to the United states
IA the name Polo, and the mother Der
nobe So the Minister Is named POLO y
| Rernabe. meaning Polo and Bernape.
non and Senior mean about the same
,ow each standing for sir or mister
Tbev often are used together. Don, for-
meriv however, was a mark of distlnc-
,ion and aristocracy; hence the express
| sion "the Dons.'
Ia the second column list, which icl-
lows for the sake of rendering Spanish
| pronunciation into English, every
where is equivalent TO the souno OF ouI
- nation 'ah!"; sc" is equivalent 10
49,, a. onr word fate" and zee
wherever IL occurs, is pronounced as IN
.hea". ''au" IS pronounced as "an III
chance, as the English sound it-tha'
is, ''chawnce.'
NAVAL NAMES.
Aceyedo-A-the-ve-do.
Aire-A-ee-re.
ken-do.
Alyarado-Al-va-ra-do.
Aragon-A-ra-gone.
kriete-A-ree-e-te.
Audaz-A-oo-dath (audacity.
~Azor-Athor.
narcelo-Bar-tne-lo little boao.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Cardinal Cisneros-Kar-d-nal Thees'ne-
ros accent second syllaole)'
Castnla-kas-teel-leea-
Cataluna-Ka-ta-loo-na.
Copde de Venadito-Kon-de de Ne-na'
snr,s,opal coion-Krees-to-pal ko-iop
non Antonio de Unoa-Dan An~to-neeo
de Oo-leeo-a. W.. A
oos-tree-a. >ro-
Dona Maria de Molina-po-heei MA
ree-a de Mo-lee-na.
syilable).
Eicano-ti-ka-no. -
Emperador Carlos V.7Em-pe-ra-dof
xarlos keen-to,