Re: Joh-UH-oh
in reply to a message by Magia
I'm no Portuguese speaker, but I've had many business contacts who are. I believe the diphthong -ao (w/tilde over "a") is pronounced with a nasalized "n" at the end. Therefore "saint" ("sao" w/tilde) comes across like "song", not "saO". As in "Sao Paolo"...
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how is João pronounced? nt  ·  Jordan  ·  5/2/2005, 7:27 PM
thanks everybody! :) nt  ·  Jordan  ·  5/4/2005, 5:52 PM
Re: how is João pronounced? nt  ·  Anneza  ·  5/2/2005, 11:52 PM
Joh-UH-oh  ·  Magia  ·  5/2/2005, 7:37 PM
Re: Joh-UH-oh  ·  Daividh  ·  5/3/2005, 9:30 AM
Weird...  ·  Magia  ·  5/3/2005, 9:18 PM
Re: Joh-uh-oh  ·  Jordan  ·  5/2/2005, 7:41 PM