How They Are Pronounced
Some of the ñames of people and places seen in the current news dispatches are pronomiced as follows : Ruis Rivera - Roo-via-rah. Aluuuiula - A.h-00-math-ah. (juanabaco - Whan-ah-basa-tho-ah. Máximo Öomez-Macks-ce-ino Gometh Obegon - O-bay-gone. Cabezdas - Bcab-ai-sath-as. Segura- Say-goo-rah. Pinar del Rio - Peenar dail Re-oh (Pine grove by the river.) Conselacion del Sur-so-lah-see-one dale Sur (meaning and consolation of the South.) San Cristóbal- San Crees-tow-bal. Melguriza - Mail-gee-thah. Ferdinand Hernández, and similar ñames, have the accent, as suggested, on the second syllable. Nicaragua should be Neek-ah-rahwhah. - Chicago Record.
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