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28th August 10, 04:06 PM
#21
 Originally Posted by Morris of Heathfield
In the x: Mekhiko
Only for those that don't speak like the natives. It has the Mexica (Aztec) pronunciation of meh-HEE-coh.
But that is a just a wee bit off topic.
EDIT: My point was to say that I've never heard natives pronounce the "x" in "Mexico" as anything but an "h" sound, and I know plenty of them. That's not to say, though, that the "x" wasn't a "kh" sound in the Nahuatl languages prior to the Spanish influence.
Last edited by Cygnus; 28th August 10 at 06:12 PM.
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