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How do YOU pronounce "Mexico"

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91TTZ

Lifer
Most Americans pronounce it like "Mecks-i-co", but everyone from Mexico pronounces it "May-he-co".


Which way is correct?
 
That's because they're Mexican and we're not... it's not exactly rocket science. It's like why some people say "fajita" like "fah-gee-tuh" instead of "fah-hee-tuh".
 
This thread needs more pollage.

I pronounce like "Mecks-i-co"

They Mexican natives pronounce it "May-he-co" because that's how they sound the X in Spanish.

 
Originally posted by: Aikouka
That's because they're Mexican and we're not... it's not exactly rocket science. It's like why some people say "fajita" like "fah-gee-tuh" instead of "fah-hee-tuh".
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No, people who say "fah-gee-tuh" are either stupid, or making a bad joke.
 
Originally posted by: Quasmo
No, people who say "fah-gee-tuh" are either stupid, or making a bad joke.
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That's after the word became normalized in the English language. I was going on the concept of pronunciation, but I guess if I don't spell it out exactly, the feeble-minded portions of the ATOT crowd might not understand it :roll:.
 
The correct way is May he co. I mean that is how they will be teaching in in the States before the end of the century. so.. might as well get on board now.
 
Originally posted by: Aimster
The correct way is May he co. I mean that is how they will be teaching in in the States before the end of the century. so.. might as well get on board now.
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No it's not May-he-co. Me(short e)-he(long e)-co
 
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Most Americans pronounce it like "Mecks-i-co", but everyone from Mexico pronounces it "May-he-co".


Which way is correct?
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this is stupid. your "mecks-i-co" is english (actually, supposed to be "mexi-co") and "may-he-co" is spanish (which you have wrong as well... it's "meh-he-co")

poor parody.
 
Originally posted by: Quasmo
Originally posted by: Aikouka
That's because they're Mexican and we're not... it's not exactly rocket science. It's like why some people say "fajita" like "fah-gee-tuh" instead of "fah-hee-tuh".
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No, people who say "fah-gee-tuh" are either stupid, or making a bad joke.
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<Peter griffin>I'd like 600 chicken fajitas... yeah 600 chicken fajitas.</peter griffin>
 
I make an effort to pronounce a country the same as it is done there. if I screw it up it is out of ignorance, not apathy.
 
I think a problem arises when a country uses an alphabet which looks very similar to ours, but has different pronunciations. Since it uses letters similar to ours, we don't translate it- we write it the same way they write it. But since we pronounce some letters differently than they do, it screws the pronunciation up. If they used a vastly different alphabet, then we'd spell it phonetically using ours.
 
Originally posted by: Quasmo
Originally posted by: Aikouka
That's because they're Mexican and we're not... it's not exactly rocket science. It's like why some people say "fajita" like "fah-gee-tuh" instead of "fah-hee-tuh".
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No, people who say "fah-gee-tuh" are either stupid, or making a bad joke.
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Originally posted by: SampSon
Originally posted by: Izzo
Alex Trebek is the only American allowed to use May-he-co.
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Watch out, Trebek is a Canadian, with american citizenship.
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Good point. I was going to say the only white guy that is allowed to say May-he-co, but didn't know how that would go over.
 
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