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Re: [OM] What the heck is that?

Subject: Re: [OM] What the heck is that?
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 05:54:42 +0000
Thanks, Fernando.

I did not know that the ñ was considered a separate letter, nor that there 
would be a diaresis over some vowels in a diphthong.  I studied Spanish at 
school and I found it a deliciously predictable language (compared with French 
and Latin).

Chris

On 5 Mar 2013, at 01:09, Fernando Gonzalez Gentile <fgonzalezgentile@xxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

> 
> 3- Finally, Spanish uses the diaeresis on the u only, and only in a word
> which has a g followed by an u and then by these vowels: e and i.
> This makes a difference when pronouncing a j or a g followed by an u and
> then either an e or i, for the u to be pronounced after a g, it must have a
> diaeresis over it.
> 
> That's all, I guess - if memory doesn't fail, I'd say Spanish is quite
> simple regarding diacritical marks.

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