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Old 06-29-2011, 07:45 AM   #10
casimendocina
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Originally Posted by DucksNuts View Post

...pronouce Nicaragua...
This is where I get all sanctimonious (well, more than usual) and linguistic purist...There are 2 ways to pronounce Nicaragua-like it's meant to be pronounced (Ni-ca-ra-gua) or the way non-Spanish speakers pronounce it (i.e. Ni-ca-ra-gu-a) with particular nasal emphasis on the /ra/.
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