rewboss wrote:


Interestingly, the Spanish (I'm not sure about Latin Americans) have
problems with words beginning with "sp" and "st"; no Spanish words begin
with those clusters, but "esp" and "est" are common. I remember one year
when the Spanish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest was called "Made in
Spain", and they actually made it into four syllables: "Made in Espain",
the fill vowel taking up an entire beat with a note all to itself, despite
the fact that it didn't appear in the printed lyrics.

Bill Dana as "Jose Jimenez" consistently added an "e" to any word beginning
with an s: esentence, especial, etc.

In the convalescent home where I live, the Hispanic nurses regularly use
"ch" to replace "sh," so "shower" becomes "chower."

I recall a Hispanic guy who used to attend Cal State University Los Angeles,
which is located in East Los Angeles. The tailgate of his pickup truck had
a custom wooden plaque reading "TCHEVY."
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