BajaNomad

So how do YOU say it?

Fatboy - 6-29-2005 at 09:47 PM

First of all let me say I know about 25 words of spanish and I can only pronounce about a 1/4 of them correctly so I am not even a novice in speaking a foreign language...

SO say it out loud

TIJUANA



Did you say

Tee-JUANA

or

Tee-A-JUANA

I clearly don't how to spell something out the way it is pronounced either :lol:

yankeeirishman - 6-29-2005 at 09:50 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Fatboy
First of all let me say I know about 25 words of spanish and I can only pronounce about a 1/4 of them correctly so I am not even a novice in speaking a foreign language...

SO say it out loud

TIJUANA



Did you say

Tee-JUANA

or

Tee-A-JUANA

I clearly don't how to spell something out the way it is pronounced either :lol:



This site may help you.
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry?id=t02...

BajaNomad - 6-30-2005 at 05:51 AM

Welcome Fatboy. I follow the "when in Rome" philosophy....

If I'm in Prescott, Arizona, I pronounce it like "biscuit"... and in Tijuana, it's Ti-juana ("Tee cWHAnna" - or something along those lines), not Tia-juana... but there is a bar called "Tia-Juana Tilly's"...

bajajudy - 6-30-2005 at 06:12 AM

Doug is correct tee whana.

Oso - 6-30-2005 at 08:20 AM

It's "Tee Jay"...

There are several "authorities" who claim that old maps show it spelled "Tia Juana", but I don't recall where those maps were published and would not rely on that as a final authority. If there is an historical society in TJ, that would be the authority.

Anyway, it's Tijuana now, 3 syllables, not 4.

bajajudy - 6-30-2005 at 09:57 AM

teeh w?'n?

tee-HWAH-nah

tihwaa'nah


All of these were gotten from Ask.com




Typical Gringo Pronunciation: "Tee-uh-wanna"

[Edited on 6-30-2005 by bajajudy]

Roberto - 6-30-2005 at 10:29 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Oso
It's "Tee Jay"...

There are several "authorities" who claim that old maps show it spelled "Tia Juana", but I don't recall where those maps were published and would not rely on that as a final authority. If there is an historical society in TJ, that would be the authority.

Anyway, it's Tijuana now, 3 syllables, not 4.


Check out these links:

http://baja-web.com/tijuana/tia-jua/indexdcdd.html
http://baja-web.com/tijuana/tia-jua/tijuana-history2.html

Not sure of the accuracy either, but there it is ...

bajajudy - 6-30-2005 at 03:13 PM

Gracias, Roberto
Muy interesante

Oso - 7-1-2005 at 08:41 AM

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night

Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works
That's nobody's business but the Turks

Istan and other Bull

MrBillM - 7-1-2005 at 10:20 AM

Of course, in those two examples the property changed hands, unlike TJ.

Fatboy - 7-1-2005 at 06:36 PM

...And it is They Might Be Giants brand new album for 1990...