mums the word
There are many situations where it is simply easier not to say anything than to run the risk of getting verbally beaten down.
Sometimes we keep quiet because no one would know what we are feeling.
People may listen to our words but they may not understand our emotions.
The pronunciations listed here are used by the mass media as well as in everyday conversation. It is not meant to MOCK the Spanish language…or in any way belittle people who can speak Spanish with the correct pronunciations. In my case, having grown up on the Central California Coast I learned how to pronounce the Spanish words the way that I heard them spoken on radio and TV, and by my friends at school. I did not learn how to speak Spanish words with the correct pronunciation until I moved to TEXAS many years later.
teaching a lesson
Here is the correct California pronunciation for cities and streets on the Central California coast.
California central coast
We will look at the following locations:
Isla Vista
Welcome to Isla Vista
pronounced by the LOCALS: eye-la vihs-ta
San Luis Obispo
pronounced San Luihs Obihs-po by the LOCALS
Higuera Street in San Luis Obispo, California
Higuera Street – San Luis Obispo, California
pronounced High-gehr-a street
Avila Beach
Avila Beach
Pronounced by the locals A-vih-la Beach
Paso Robles
Paso Robles
pronounced by the locals Paso Robels…this is NO JOKE
Next time we will learn to speak these names in proper Spanish
learning to Speak Spanish
Pusong Bato is one of the most famous songs that is sung in Videoke bars in the Philippines. It is always better to practice it first before attempting to sing it at the videoke bar!
This is where all the tourists go to sing their favorite songs
If it sounds a bit like Spanish – Como Esta? How are you? …well…that’s the BASIS for the Tagalog – Kumusta? How are you?
My new book The English-Tagalog Primer should be released within the next two weeks, both on Kindle READER and in paperback version by CREATE SPACE. I will inform everyone as soon as it is published. I wrote the book mainly for elementary school students but I hope that anyone who would like to learn the basics of Tagalog will enjoy reading it!
