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Re: Mi nombre es John

John Fech — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:21:22 -0000

I have a friend named Curt. Does anyone know if there is a Spanish equivalent for Curt?

thanx, jfech

Re: Mi nombre es John

Kristi — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:14:34 -0000

We got to choose whatever names we wanted in high school french and that was the name we used on all our papers, tests, etc. I picked Nadine (pronounced nah-deen) because that was the name of my favorite church camp counselor. :)

Re: Mi nombre es John

lcreekmo — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:36:47 -0000

I'm glad that Amy mentions this. Because I was forced to translate my name into Spanish in a high school Spanish class, and I HATED the way "Laura" sounds in Spanish. [If you don't speak Spanish, the au gets slurred into a dipthong, which, when pronounced by kids with deep Southern accents, always came out "Lah-oooooh-ra." Blech.] I kept angling for a different name, Margarita perhaps. [This was long before I drank them. I just liked the way it sounded with the real Spanish pronunciation.]

Re: Mi nombre es John

CeeElCee — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:06:47 -0000

Yet, in Brazil, they spell it "Brasil." Why don't we just spell it like they spell it? It's not like we couldn;t read it or pronounce it. I never understood other countries' (USA included) need to translate foreign names into their own native language.

You bring up a good point.

Cristobal