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Subject: Re: [OM] Yesterday's Desert Hike
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 15:13:54 +0100
Isn't because the 'g' is a soft one in Spanish, like the 'ch' in "loch"?  
Americans have always pronounced that sound like a 'h'.

Chris

On 2 May 2012, at 14:34, Chris Trask wrote:

> 
>     I've seen it as Sahuaro and Saguaro, and the former is more popular.  And 
> then there's Mojave/Mohave and Navajo/Navaho.  You've really gotta hand it to 
> the Anglos for screwing up the local names.  Sort of like the American 
> pronounciation of Notre Dame, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans.

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