Thursday, November 11, 2010

LL is for llama, ever wonder why it has 2 L's?

Great work on this picture Joshua!  The llama is eating yams in this picture to remind us that the sound of double "L" in Spanish is pronounced like the "Y" in yams.  We incorporated this word "llama" into English exactly how it is spelled in Spanish, but we don't pronounce it correctly for the double "L's."  In some parts of Latin America you might hear the double "L's" and the "Y" pronounced like an English "J" sound (think of the llama having Jam on her Yams), or in Argentina, you'll hear the "LL" and the "Y" pronounced as "zh" like the "s" in measure, or like the 2nd "g" in "garage."  This is our first feminine animal icon.  That's why she's wearing a necklace instead of a necktie.

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