First, Wikipedia says nothing of the sort that I can see. Type in "Don Quixote" and go to "pronunciation" and it supports my pronunciation.
I went directly to the letter X, which says that
In Old Spanish, X was pronounced [?], as it is still currently in other Iberian Romance languages. Later, the sound evolved to a hard [x] sound. In modern Spanish, the hard [x] sound is spelled with a j, or with a g before e and i, though x is still retained for some names (notably México, which alternates with Méjico
I then looked up Old Spanish, and found that
Old Spanish, or Old Castilian (ISO 639-3 code osp), is an early form of the Spanish language that was spoken on the Iberian Peninsula from the 10th century until roughly the beginning of the 15th century, before a consonantic readjustment gave rise to the evolution of modern Spanish.
But I am very much aware that this is wikipedia.
I looked at the Wikipedia page you consulted, and interestingly the Spanish sound link confirms my pronounciation.
However, if there is another site or page that says the x had changed to /h/, that site or page is wrong. How do we know this? Simple. The rendering of Aztec words made by Carochi and other Spaniards used x for /sh/.
More to the point, Carochi, in his Grammar of Nahuatl of 1645, feels the need to explain a few sounds - for example, "usan del o algunas vezes tan cerrada, y obscura, que tira algo à la pronunciacion de la u". However, he felt no need to clarify that the x is /sh/, as at the time of printing (1645) it was a current pronunciation. That he should have realized he needed to say something if it had been different can be seen in his note "Tampoco se pronuncia la n antes de la x sino que la x se pronuncia con mas fuerça".
I stand corrected.
*MySmiley*
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This message last edited by Camilla on 06/06/2010 at 09:46:46 AM
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"Goff" is just silly. It doesn't make sense according to any rules of pronunciation.
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Re: "Goff" is just silly. It doesn't make sense according to any rules of pronunciation.
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It should probably be ki:-SHO:-te:
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Maybe, probably not
- 05/06/2010 05:55:30 PM
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No, certainly so. Carochi's Grammar of Nahuatl from 1645 conclusively disproves your wikipedia.
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Quite possibly.
- 06/06/2010 09:45:20 AM
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I think the British version sounds like they are not trying at all.
- 05/06/2010 10:21:19 PM
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