Re: How do you pronounce my last name
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Re: How do you pronounce my last name
lee 7/08/01
You are right, but remember that the "i" in English sounds different from the "i" in Spanish.
The way the name Irizarry is pronounced in Spanish is different from English due to the difficulty of rolling the "rr" sound in english. I just aproximate the sound rr like the r sound in the word "vary". In Spain they pronounce the "z" like the sound "th" in "th-ief". In South America the sound of the "z" has been lost and sounds like "s" in both languages. The tendency of pronouncing words with "z" like "s" is called "seseo" in Spain. Even the sound of the "r" in Spanish is different from the "r" in English.