To: E. Charters who wrote (3997 ) 1/20/2003 11:35:38 PM From: marcos Read Replies (2) | Respond to Don't forget Timmins Ont ... or, perhaps you weren't aware of the current name of the nation coming from an entry Coronado made in his notebook on seeing it - 'acá nada' ..... ['there is nothing around here'] ... one of the problems of course will be teaching hispanos to pronounce it correctly, for a change - this pisses me off no end, in spanish it is typed Canadá with the emphasis on the last syllable - cah-nah-DAH .... should be Cánada, CAH-nah-dah .... just like Coronado meant for it to be, got to remember he did leave us those horses that time in exchange for naming rights ..... in México [MEH-hee-coh] i sometimes threaten to say meh-hee-KOH as normal practise until hispanos everywhere desist with this abuse of the tongue .... did that with a street comedian in the parque de Chapultepec one time, embarrassed my wife completely, but i notice she never made the mistake again either
