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how is João pronounced? nt
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thanks everybody! :)
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If sh- makes a sh sound, then zh makes a zh sound - OK? And Joao is Zhow, to rhyme with How Now, Brown Cow.
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Joh-UH-ohjoh as in john
UH as in aunt (distress on this one)
oh as in octupus

This message was edited 5/2/2005, 7:39 PM

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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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Weird...I've heard Portuguese, all my life and what goes through my ears is "Sau Paulo" and "Shoau" (for São Paulo and João)... Maybe it is my Latin take of the scene...
**In Brazilian Portugese, that is. I wouldn't know about the Portugal version of Portugese, but I do know they are very different.

This message was edited 5/3/2005, 9:21 PM

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Could you give different examples? I think we have very different accents. :)
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