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From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle)
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Subject: Re: Pronunciation of Granada/Grenada
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Date: Fri, 28-Oct-83 11:35:24 EST
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I can't help you with the origin of the spelling of Granada/Grenada, but
as for the pronunciation, I have the impression that the Grenadians them-
selves call the place "Greh-NAY-duh".  Remember, they don't speak Spanish
on Grenada; they speak (depending on social class and education, I assume)
a more-or-less creolized, more-or-less British form of English.  The British
are notoriously bad about mangling the pronunciation of Spanish.  (Everyone
has noticed, I'm sure, that BBC reporters all say "Nih-car-AAGH-you-uh".)
This really shouldn't be surprising to us;  nobody bats an eye, after all,
when Bardados is pronounced "Bar-BAY-dohss", even though I assume it was
originally a Spanish name pronounced "Bar-BAH-thoss".
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