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...as in Spanish Eight Reales? Is it reels? Re-al-ace?
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As a damned Yankee, I call them "re-als". They probably roll their eyes at me on the other end of the phone.
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I pronounce it "RE-ALS" but my mom was from the mid-west so I "Warsh" the car to get it clean.
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In which "Miss Gomez" is pronounced "Meese Home-ay-ah-hess-ah" or she files a complaint.
And i did here another guy say it like that too so i'm not alone. We have an habit of Anglicising things.
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<< <i>It is pronounced rey-al-ess and it was a common term for money in old Spanish from Spain. Like buck, or greenback. >>
This. Please try to pronounce it correctly.
...pronounced "ree-AHL" or "ree-OLL", to rhyme with "mall"
With Darksiders or when speaking Spanish (which I do, occasionally and haltingly, with a Peruvian coworker), I say RAY-ahh-lays, rolling the initial R, as one does when it is at the beginning of a word, or as one would do with the double "rr".
No clue which is correct, if there even is a "correct" answer. I think it is mostly a matter of personal preference.
<< <i>Am I keeping count correctly? 16 ways so far to say a six letter word?
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<< <i>In vocal conversations with Litesiders or with my metal detector peeps, I say REE-als, with the second syllable sounding like some guy named Al would pronounce his name.
With Darksiders or when speaking Spanish (which I do, occasionally and haltingly, with a Peruvian coworker), I say RAY-ahh-lays, rolling the initial R, as one does when it is at the beginning of a word, or as one would do with the double "rr".
No clue which is correct, if there even is a "correct" answer. I think it is mostly a matter of personal preference. >>
The correct way is the way coppercoins has it - ray-AL-ess. Why it is the proper way to say it is because proper Spanish pronunciation is to stress the penultimate syllable if no diacritical marks (é, á, etc.) are preset. In English it's a free for all on what to stress, this is not so in other languages.
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<< <i>In vocal conversations with Litesiders or with my metal detector peeps, I say REE-als, with the second syllable sounding like some guy named Al would pronounce his name.
With Darksiders or when speaking Spanish (which I do, occasionally and haltingly, with a Peruvian coworker), I say RAY-ahh-lays, rolling the initial R, as one does when it is at the beginning of a word, or as one would do with the double "rr".
No clue which is correct, if there even is a "correct" answer. I think it is mostly a matter of personal preference. >>
The correct way is the way coppercoins has it - ray-AL-ess. Why it is the proper way to say it is because proper Spanish pronunciation is to stress the penultimate syllable if no diacritical marks (é, á, etc.) are preset. In English it's a free for all on what to stress, this is not so in other languages. >>
Yes, when I typed my Spanish pronunciation, I capitalized and put the accent on the wrong syllable. When speaking it, I do it the way you just said.
<< <i>"Ray-Ah-Les" >>
That is how I go-with the accent on Ray.
Funny, I just obtained my first "Octavo de Reales" just a few days ago (1/8th). About 1815 and I like the primitive look to it.
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<< <i>Bubba told me, it's the same as when you see a large breasted woman, you say is them real alls!! >>
I like old Bubba, he doesn't mess around.
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<< <i>Bubba told me, it's the same as when you see a large breasted woman, you say is them real alls!! >>
I like old Bubba, he doesn't mess around. >>
Quite a charmer, that Bubba.
<< <i>My colleagues that I deal with in Brazil say "ree-eyes".
As a damned Yankee, I call them "re-als". They probably roll their eyes at me on the other end of the phone. >>
I had a mexican co-worker that thought little of the Portugese speaking Brazilians and said they say push to mean pull and pull to mean push.
I'll stick with the Mexican based pronunciation guides just in case.
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I would pronounce it:
Ray
Al
S