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> "M_a_r_c" <jac### [at] wanadoofr> wrote in message
> news:46f3d38f$1@news.povray.org...
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>> 46f2abef$1@news.povray.org...
>>> Apparently it isn't proncounced "jerez"...
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>> 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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