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How to say: Tortilla

10:00 UK time, Friday, 2 February 2007

A weekly guide to the words and names in the news from Catherine Sangster of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Pronunciation Unit.

Two pronunciations from Mexico this week. are taking place in Mexico City. We now recommend the pronunciation tor-TEE-yuh; in our judgement, the anglicisation tor-TILL-uh is now rather dated. Meanwhile, in Cancún (kan-KOON), a baby nicknamed "Super Tonio" has been born weighing 14.5 pounds. His full name is Antonio Vasconcelos, pronounced an-TOHN-yoh vass-kon-SAY-loss.

(For a guide to our phonetic pronunciations, click here.)

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