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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Xochitl is the Siobhan of the Spanish-speaking world. People might not know how to pronounce it, but they'll learn and it's so memorable they won't forget it.[/quote] The problem is that Xochitl will have to teach thousands of people over the course of her life how to pronounce it. What a nightmare. Don’t do this to an American kid.[/quote] :roll: I am in California and it's common among American kids. Sorry, but whatever place you live that apparently has no Latina population isn't representative of "American." [/quote] I’m from the SW and grew up with a lot of Mexican-Americans and wouldn’t know how to pronounce it. I would have guessed standard soanish pronunciation—so X like an H, i like eee, and pronounce all the consonants. I take it this is from a Southern Mexican indigenous language? I think that’s a more recent immigrant group to the US and maybe not prevalent in all areas with Latino communities. I agree it’s like the Irish names—challenging for Americans and many people will get it wrong, but fine if you don’t mind correcting people and don’t take offense easily. [/quote] Same here. I'm also from the SW, but I (myself) am Mexican-American and still would have messed up the pronunciation. I recognize it as Nauhatl (Aztec) from my Chicano Studies courses, but would guess at least some of my family (if not most) would not know it either. I've only ever met one person in real life whose name was in Nauhatl, and that was easier to pronounce. I agree with PP that it's about how much you mind correcting people. I think most people will easily remember it once told, but you and your kid will be explaining it every time she meets someone new. [/quote]
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