Yeah, that's one of many "non-English" words that are mispronounced every day, like: rodeo - ro-dayo Chicago - Chick-ago (an Indian name) Des Plaines - Day Plane (the s's are silent) and then there's the English words. . . Washington (wash) - Warshington (warsh). . .B-) ---------- From: =Mark[SMTP:mstevens@exit109.com] Reply To: =Mark Sent: Sunday, February 08, 1998 9:24 AM To: PegVA@aol.com Cc: Chile-heads@globalgarden.com Subject: Re: [CH] pronunciation At 10:22 PM 2/7/98 EST, PegVA@aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 98-02-07 17:17:42 EST, you write: > ><< wouldn't the "x" in Texas be silent? >> >Actually, no. It's pronounced "Tay-has" > Thus, the x is silent. =Mark