The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-30
This IS the
Proper Way

Next To information as 10 the prog
! ress of the war itself, nothing is the
subject of more INQUIRIES these days
than the proper pronunciation of Span
ish names. Scores of controversies on
account OF IL arise every day, and as
often the Standard is appealed TO for
"A decision. The man who knows how
TO pronounce properly Spanish names
is i'm demand. and Is somewhat of a
distinguished person himself. For the
benefit OF those who, II left alone,
would pronounce cuba" "kyuba"
and "Cadiz 'Caydiz." the following
mem authority on Spanish pronuncia-
ton. is published:
Every student of language knows
nov difficult II is. ever impossible i'm
some cases. to give on a printed page
in English a correct idea Of how for
eign words should be pronounced. 1t
is only by the ear that certain sounds
can he caught. Nevertheless. with
these limitations. II Is believed that the
principal stumbling blocks to a fairly
accurate use of the common Spanish
words will be found tn have been re-
moved by this list.
The pure Spanish pronunciation Is
that of CASTLE. and is used as a rule
by educated Spaniards. But the Span
ish of Cuba is that of southern Spain.
which differs from the Castilian main
ly in the cases Of the C and q.
c. before g and l.. in the Castil-
ian is pronounced as eth" i'm theft"
and thin In the Cuban 1t has the
English sound of e. Thus Barcelona in
Castilian is Bar-the-lo-na, but in Cuba
IL would be pronounced i'm the Angli-
cized form of Bar-se-lo-na n I'm Cas-
lillian has the sound of 9TH" I'm hin
BILE thirst and thorn" Thus, the
Castilian would pronounce that word
Nizcaya-the sight of which has be-
come fairly familiar To us-Veeth-ki-
va, a~ccenting the second syllable.
What we call Ca-dis. accenting the last
syllable, the Castilian calls Ca-deeth.
But both of these words are pro-
bounced by many II not most of the
Cubsns i'm the curse of everyday con-
versation in the Anglicized form of
Ca-dis and Vis-ki-ya.
This table shows the pronunciation of
Spanish letters:
A as in fast, not the fiat American
way. but more like the English fawst;
T. as i'm bed l as i'm fit; q as in knot
and in roll: u as 90: G before Il and !
tCastllian) as 9TH in theft and
thin" c before A. o and u as X; Oh
as in charity; q before A. o and u as In
gave" give" and goose. II before f
and l. as aspirated II in head" and
hint" II is always silent; J as ii with
a more cultural sound han in ham,
heat" hip" hollow" hood" ! as
in give" Ii. never separated. as in
million" N with the compound curve,
or crutch over II, as I'm champagne" on
IN in biennial" GU as *. not sounding
the u" RR, never separated. and pro
nounced as in railroad" r always
rolls. and double r IS strongly so; $ as
in sun sit" and sell" X as In
mix" tax" Y as in years" yeast
u Gin Castlian) as 'th'' in "thimble,'
thirst" n thorn"
In the matter of accent these are the
general rules: Words ending i'm a rom
sonant. accent the last syllable. Those
ending in "A vowel. accent the next To the
last syllable. There are certain excep-
tons to these rules which il is not
necessary to mention here.
In the following list the II and c,
where c comes before f and 1. are given
the 'th" sound. Those who prefer the
Anglicized form can pronounce these
letters as : and G in English. Either
point of view will answer.
In Spain a man takes the name of both
parents. that of the father leading. and
Joined TO the other by the letter Y.
meaning and. Thus the father of the
Spanish minister tn 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 dis
tinction n aristocracy: hence the ex-
preston. the dons."
In the second column list. which fol.
lows, for the SAX of rendering Spanish
pronunciation into English, IA" every
where is equivalent TO the sound of oui
exclamation an e Is equivalent t.
"a" i'm our word fate and zee
wherever IL occurs is pronounced as In
bee" AN is pronounced as IAN" In
chance" as the English sound it-tha'
is ~"chawnce.''
Naval Names.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Aire-A-ee-re.
Almirante Oquendo-Al-mee-ran-te o.
ken-do.
Alvarado-Al-ya-ra-do.
Aragon-A-ra-gong.
Ariete-A-ree-e-te.
Audaz-A-oo-dath taudaCityD.
Azor-A-thor.
Barcelo-Bar-the-lo nittle boat).
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Cardinal Cisneros-Kar-de-nal Thees,
ne-ros (accent second syllable).
Castilla-kas-teel-leea.
Cataluna-Ka-ta-loo-neea.
Condo de Nenadito-kon-de de Ne-na,
dec-to.
Cristubal Colon-krees-to-bal Ko-long
Don Antonio de Ulloa-Dong An-to-nee,
de Oo-leeoa.
! Don Juan de Austria-Dong Jwhooun,
de A-oos-tree-a.
Dona Maria de Molina-Do-neea Ma
ree-a de Mo-lee-na.
EJercito-E-her-thee-to taccent seconC
syllablel.
Elcano-El-ka-no.
Emperador Carlos - Em-pe-ra-dol
kar-los keen-to.
Fernando el Catolico-Fer-nan-do q
Ka-to-lee-co taccent second syllable
last word).
F1lipinas-Fee-lee-pee-nas.
Furor-Foo-ro r ffuryD.