Japonica

[Ruth Flatscher]

or still simpler, the starting sound when you pronounce the English letter
u. sorry I cannot send it to you via e-mail...




On 2 May 2013 12:47, Ruth Flatscher <ruflatsch at gmail.com> wrote:

> still different: at university we were taught to pronounce latin j like
> German j - something like that half-consonant that comes between the k and
> the u when you pronounce English/American q...
> which, in my view, may come close, since in classical Latin literature
> they use an (Italian/Spanish) i instead of j.
> have a pronouncedly good day,
> Ruth
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> On 2 May 2013 01:31, Don Higgins <bencanard2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> Is the J in Japonica Spanish or English. I've been reading it as a
>> Spanish J; the guy on the audio book reads it as an English J. Any
>> thoughts. It does kind of make a difference.
>>
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