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Old July 14, 2008, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Tomisimo View Post
In some dialects (in Spanish), the w at the beginning of a word sounds like gu. water = guáter.
That's right like in the word hueso, huevo but oddly never in the word oeste.There must be a linguistic law here. (when the Spanish equivalent of W starts with an H, sometimes a G is sounded as in a glottal stop.)
Has anyone ever heard huésped pronounced with a G? I haven't.
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