Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-06-24
SPANISH OF CUBA.
POINTS OF DIFFERENCE FROM
THE PURE CASTlLlAN.

by educated Spaniards, says the 81
Louis Republic. But the Spanish O
Cuba is that of Southern Spain, whicl
differs from the Castilian mainly il
the cases of the and 4. c, before
and i, in the Castilian, is pronounce
as I" tn" in "theft" and "thin." Ii
the Cuban, it has the English soun'
of C. Thus, Barcelona, in Castilian, /
Bar-the-lo-na, but in Cuba it woul'
be pronounced in the Anglicized form
of Bar-se-lo-na. u in Castilian ha
the sound of 9th" in thimble,
thirst" and "thorn." Thus, thu
Castilian would pronounce that Wort
Vizcaya, the sight of which has be
come fairly familiar to us, Neeth-ki
va, accenting the second syllable
What we call Ca-dis, accenting thu
last syllable, the Castilian calls Ca
deeth. But these words are pro
nounced by many, if not most OF tho
Cubans, in the course of everyday
conversation in the Anglicised form o
Ca-dis and Vis-ki-ya.
This table shows the pronunciation
of Spanish letters:
A rs in fast, not the fiat American
way, but more like the English fawst
as in bed; i as in fit, as in knot
and in roll, u as 90, c before e and
(Castillian), as 9th" in "theft" and
"thin;" before a, o and u as k, ch as
in charity, 6 before a, o and IL as in
"gave," give" and "goose;" 6 before
e and i, as aspirated h in head" and
"hint;" h is always silent; j as h.
with a more gutteral sound than in
"ham," cheat" chip" hollow
"hood;" as in "give;;" !, never sepa.
rated, as in million;" with the
compound curve, or crutch over it, as
in champagne" or mn in biennial )"
gu as k, not sounding the "u;" RI
never separated, and pronounced as in
railroad;" r always rolls, and double
r is strongly so; as in "sun," "sit"
and SELL" as in "mix," tax" y
as in "years," "yeast;" Tin Castil-
ian), as 9Th" in tlimble," thirst
and "thorn." In the matter of ac-
cent, these are the general rules
Words ending in consonant, accent
the last syllable. Those ending in a
vowel, accent the next to the last syl-
liable. There are certain exceptions to
these rules, which it is not necessary
to mention here.
In the following list the and c,
where comes before and i, are given
the eth" sound. Those who prefer
the Anglicized form can pronounce
these letters as s and C in English.
Either point of view will answer.
In Spain a man takes the names OF
both parents, that of the father lead
ing, and joined to the other by the
letter y, meaning "and." Thus the
father of the Spanish Minister to the
United States had the name Polo, and
the mother Bernabe. So the Minister
is named Polo y Bernabe, meaning
Polo and Bernabe.
Don and Senior mean about the same
now, each standing for sir" or "mis-
ter" They often are used together.
Don, formerly, however, was a mark OF
distinction and aristocracy; hence the
expression "the Dons."
In the second column list, which
follows, for the sake of rendering Span
ish pronunciation into English, "a''
everywhere is equivalent to the sound
of "a" in our word "fate," and "ee''
wherever it occurs is pronounced as in
"bee;;" an" is pronounced as can
in chance" as the English sound it
that is "chawnce."
NAVAL NAMES.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Aire-A-ee-re.
Almirante OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
O-ken-dO.
Alvarado-Al-va.ra-do.
Aragon-A.ra-gone.
tee.
Audaz-A-oo-dath (audacity).
Azor-Athor.
Barcelo-Bar.the.lo (kttle boat).
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Cardenal Cisneros - Kar-de-nal
Thees-ne-ros (accent second syllable).
Castilla-Kas-teel-leea.
Cataluna-Ka-ta-loo-na.
Conde de Venadito-Kon-de de We
na-de-to.
ChristobOl Colon-Krees-tO-bal Ko-
Ion.
Don Juan de Abstraction Wan de
A-oOs-tree-a.
Dona Maria de Molina-Do-neea
Ma-ree-a de Mo-lee-na.
Ejercito-E.her-thee-to (accent Sec
ond syllable).
ElcanO-El-ka-nO.
Emperador Carlos V.-Em-pe-ra-dor
karlos Keen-to.
Eernando nl Cafnlicn-Enr hon do