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March 24, 2023, 02:28 PM

Rusty

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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'.

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