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To: kumar who wrote (66789)	1/18/2003 4:43:43 PM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 281500

Nope. Mehico is not common as "h" is generally silent. Don't recall ever seeing "Mehico" in print. But you are nonetheless correct. There are few times in which "x" is pronounced as a "j." All words derived from "Mexico" of course. Which reminds me of the time I asked my father at a Texaco station in Texas whether he was going to get "Tejaco" gasoline. The attendant almost doubled up in laughter. Another is the "ch" sound--pronounced "tsch" as in "Chihuahua." But this is a bit more disputable as I recall learning that "ch" is a distinct letter. I honestly cannot think of another instance in which the Spanish spoken word deviates from its written form. But I might be misssing one or two rare examples.