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Old 23-Jul-2009, 09:38
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Default Pronunciation of place names in California, USA

Martinez
Pacheco
Contra Costa

By the way, is there any online pronunciation dictionary that I could seek help from? Thank you so much.
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Martinez
Pacheco
Contra Costa

By the way, is there any online pronunciation dictionary that I could seek help from? Thank you so much.
Oops~ Can any American teachers here give me some hints? Thanks again.
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In terms of those words and their particular letters, there is little difference between Spanish and English: [mar 'ti nez] [pa 'tʃe ko] ['kon tra kos ta] will do, even with an English accent.
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In terms of those words and their particular letters, there is little difference between Spanish and English: [mar 'ti nez] [pa 'tʃe ko] ['kon tra kos ta] will do, even with an English accent.
Really, I could have sworn it would be 'martinez. So things are not always as obvious as they first appear!
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By the way, is there any online pronunciation dictionary that I could seek elp from? Thank you so much. Yes, there are free online pronouncing dictionaries. Try these.
Dictionary.com
Free online Dictionary of English Pronunciation - Pronounce English words correctly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary

Hope these benefit you....
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In terms of those words and their particular letters, there is little difference between Spanish and English: [mar 'ti nez] [pa 'tʃe ko] ['kon tra kos ta] will do, even with an English accent.
Apparently Martinez, Oregon is /'martine/.
Martinez pronunciation: How to pronounce Martinez in English
Martinez, Georgia is Martinez
Martinez, Georgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (If you can believe Wiki)

How, how do you say Martinez guitars?
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