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> "M_a_r_c" <jac### [at] wanadoofr> wrote in message 
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>> 46f2abef$1@news.povray.org...
>>> Apparently it isn't proncounced "jerez"...
>>
>> Yes it is of course, but in the Spanish way  ;-)
>
> "Yereth"?...

The "j"  (jota) is pronounced almost as the "ch" in the German "ach" with 
the back part of the tongue against the back of the palate . I think there 
is no equivalent in English but in Gaelic and Welsh there is a softer 
version.
The "r" is rolled with the tip of the tongue  against the joint between 
teeth and palate
The English hard "th" is a good approximation of the Spanish "z".
The chaining of "j" and "r" is a little tricky at 1st try but not more than 
chaining "th" and "s" for non native
English speakers :-)
I found a  very well explained site but it is in spanish of course
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/spanish/frameset.html

Marc

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