Steve Simmons wrote: >On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 11:22:45AM -0500, MedCat7 at aol.com wrote: > > >>My Brazillian friend's name is Bruno. He asked me why everyone says his >>name wrong. He pronounces it as brunu with more emphasis (sp) on the >>first "u" and almost inaudiable on the second "u". I told him that that's >>just how we say things in English. The "o" to us is pronounced as a long >>"o" like in dog. . . >> >> >I've said as much to one of the Brazilians here, Goncalo (which he >pronounces roughly 'con-SAH-lo'). > > He probably spells it using the c with the little squiggly line used in Portuguese and French. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedilla for details. In Spanish, his name would be Gonzalo, 'cause the z more or less replaced the squiggly c. As an aside, is there an official name for this letter? I associate it mentally with the word/language provençal, and so I call it that in my head. *blushes* Jose -- Jose Marquez | There are 10 types of people in jhereg69 at earthlink.net | the world: those who understand http://www.hackwater.com | binary, and those who don't.