Re: michelle bachelet -- how does she pronounce her name?


"Jim Heckman" <wnzrfeurpxzna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote...
>
> On 23-Oct-2005, "John Atkinson" <johnacko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
>
>> "arun" <bodhiraksa1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote...
>>
>> > In Catelan/Spanish the final 't' is pronounced and the 'ch' is
>> > pronounced as in 'church'.
>>
>> I know that of course mate. But that's not what I was asking. The
>> candidate has a french-looking name, and I was wondering if she (and
>> other
>> Chileans) pronounce it according to the french rules, the spanish rules,
>> or something in between.
>
> I don't know, but don't/didn't they pronounce 'Pinochet' [pino'tSEt]?

I'm not so sure she'd be wanting to follow his example. After all, he had
her father beaten to death. Bachelet and her mother were also detained and
tortured in 1974.

Nevertheless, I suspect you're right as far as her surname is concerned.
But I rather doubt it when it comes to her given name.

She speaks Spanish, English, German, Portuguese, French and some Russian;
but not Araucanian, AFAIK.

J.


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