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MONASTERY OF JERONIMOS Mosteiro Dos Jeronimos Lisbon, Portugal
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TEJO is pronounced TEH-JUE the J is not an H as in Spanish
JERÓNIMOS is pronounced ZHEROH-NEE-MUESH
LISBOA is pronounced LEEZH-BOWA
BELÉM is pronounced BE-LENG not with a drawn out M
CASCAIS is pronounced CAZH-CAIZH
GUIMARÃES is pronounced GHEE-MA-RAENGZH a G that sounds like that in guitar
NOW I DON'T THINK A COMENTATOR IN A DOCUMENTARY NEEDS TO LEARN PORTUGUESE, SOMETHING
THAT MIGHT BE TOO MUCH TO WRAP THEIR BRAIN AROUND
BUT TO PRONOUNCE THE FEW WORDS CORRECTLY, AND NOT SOUND LIKE A SPANIARD, OR A RETARDED
GERMAN OR ENGLISH SPEAKING PERSON UNABLE TO PRONOUNCE FOREIGN VOWELS, DIPHTHONGS, OR CONSONANTS, WOULD NOT BE TOO HARD WITH A TRANSLATOR NEARBY
IT MIGHT INJECT SOME DEGREE OF PROFESSIONALISM INTO THE DOCUMENTARY, AND MIGHT GIVE THE COMENTATOR SOME SORT OF POLISH, OR WE MIGHT THINK HE ACTUALLY KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT
GET WITH IT, FOREIGNERS TO ENGLISH LEARN HOW TO PRONOUCE AND SPEAK IT QUITE WELL,
SOMETIMES BETTER THAN NATIVES, SO WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL?
IT DOESN'T SOUND VAGUELY EXOTIC EVEN, JUST IGNORANT
WE DON'T EVEN CONSIDER AMERICANS IN THE RUNNING, NOT ONLY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE, LIKE THEY NEED TO (MEXICAN SPANISH), BUT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T EVEN FIND MEXICO ON A MAP, ENOUGH SAID
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