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Is his first name pronounced with a Z or the Spanish H?
Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)onecaliberal
(32,826 posts)wryter2000
(46,037 posts)I should have known that, esp. given that I live in CA.
onecaliberal
(32,826 posts)Orangepeel
(13,933 posts)Last edited Mon Dec 7, 2020, 03:45 PM - Edit history (1)
He says it at the beginning of this video
https://www.c-span.org/video/?320477-1/house-democrats-unveil-economic-agenda
Botany
(70,494 posts)My name is Hav ... E .. R Baa sahra .... if I heard it right.
MurrayDelph
(5,293 posts)The only times it's pronounced with a Z is when talking about Cugat or Professor X.
ananda
(28,858 posts)is pronounced Bear County.
Texas should be pronounced Tehas,
but we Anglicized it.
Also, the town of Mexia, Texas is
pronounced Mehaya.
Rstrstx
(1,399 posts)Its an old Latin letter (Maximus, excelsa, etc) so maximo and excelente are pronounced just as youd expect them to be. The problem comes in when youre substituting it for another letter.
Caliman73
(11,730 posts)In the Mexica (Meshica) language it would be pronounced with a "sh" sound, but the Spanish pronounced it like an H and changed many names with the X to a J like Javier.
aidbo
(2,328 posts)So it probably wouldnt be said with the pronunciation of an indigenous American language.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_(given_name)#Etymology