Pronunciation of "Marihuana"
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Okay, so being the curious person I am, I wanted to say marijuana in Spanish. I looked it up and found out the word for it in Spanish is "Marihuana". Easy enough, so I looked up how to pronounce it on Forvo.com and everybody pronounced the "h" like a "g". So instead of saying mah-ree-wa-na (like how I thought it would be said) with a silent h it sounded more like mah-ree-gwa-na. SO why wouldn't it be spelled mariguana? Is there any reason for this? I thought all words in Spanish were phonetic. Are there any other words like this?
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updated May 23, 2013
posted by EbinMemer
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I don't pronounce the j or the h.. I say Mah-ree-one-ah
updated May 23, 2013
posted by francobollo
So is it just a regional thing? Do you know anybody who says it the other way? - EbinMemer, May 23, 2013
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Mae no busca la mota. Los puros sólo hacen los tontos.
updated May 23, 2013
posted by 00551866
