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Originally Posted by wrholt
Regarding how Puerto Ricans pronounce Puerto Rico, I mostly have heard /puel-to xi-ko/; "r" before a consonant pronounced like 'l', and 'rr' pronounced like French or Brazilian Portuguese 'r', English 'h', or Spanish 'j'.
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Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar
You're right. I've also heard many speakers pronouncing "hard r" almost gutturally.  |
Just adding, in case it wasn't already said earlier, and as wrholt would know, the folks from Costa Rica say 'zhr' for 'rr'.