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How do you pronounce Leche?  

post #1 of 32
8/21/08 at 5:54pm
Thread Starter 
Thanks!
post #2 of 32
8/21/08 at 5:56pm
Lay-chay
post #3 of 32
8/21/08 at 5:56pm
Lay-chay.

At least that's how they said it at LLL meetings.

Haha AnnetteMarie, jinx! You owe me a Coke!
post #4 of 32
8/21/08 at 6:07pm
Thread Starter 
Thanks, I kind of want to know how I say it when I call to chat.
post #5 of 32
8/21/08 at 6:10pm
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Originally Posted by DreamsInDigital View Post
Lay-chay.

At least that's how they said it at LLL meetings.

Haha AnnetteMarie, jinx! You owe me a Coke!
We have no coke here. :

We do, however, have A & W Root Beer for a science experiment that will be immediately followed by ice cream floats!
post #6 of 32
8/21/08 at 6:51pm
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Originally Posted by annettemarie View Post
Lay-chay

Really?!

I've been pronouncing it wrong all these years?!

I thought it was the Spanish "leche" as in "milk"!
post #7 of 32
8/21/08 at 6:54pm
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Originally Posted by llamalluv View Post
Really?!

I've been pronouncing it wrong all these years?!

I thought it was the Spanish "leche" as in "milk"!
I think it is meant to be the Spanish pronunciation, the leh is more of the short e in bed, same for the second e. LEH-CHE
post #8 of 32
8/21/08 at 6:56pm
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Originally Posted by Swan3 View Post
I think it is meant to be the Spanish pronunciation, the leh is more of the short e in bed, same for the second e. LEH-CHE
Yes, that is how I pronounce it.

That's what I was taught in both formal classes and by my neighbors.

Of course, I've found up north that no one pronounces Spanish words properly. There's a town not too far away from me called Palos. I'm the only person I know that says "Pah-los". Everyone else insists it is "Pay-less".
post #9 of 32
8/21/08 at 6:58pm
It's in between the two, really. Like the "e"s in "comprende" or the french "Le".

It's the Spanish word for milk. E in Spanish is sort of in between the short E and long A in English.
post #10 of 32
8/21/08 at 7:29pm
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Originally Posted by llamalluv View Post
Really?!

I've been pronouncing it wrong all these years?!

I thought it was the Spanish "leche" as in "milk"!
Well, she asked how I pronounced it. Not how it is supposed to be pronounced.
post #11 of 32
8/21/08 at 7:43pm
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Originally Posted by llamalluv View Post
Really?!

I've been pronouncing it wrong all these years?!

I thought it was the Spanish "leche" as in "milk"!
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Originally Posted by annettemarie View Post
Well, she asked how I pronounced it. Not how it is supposed to be pronounced.
Ah, I see I always though dulce de leche ... leche, but no one can pronounce dulce de leche right either!
post #12 of 32
8/21/08 at 8:43pm
At my first Florida LLL meeting I was surprised to hear it pronounced like you all are more or less describing it...because in Canada I had only heard it referred to as 'LESH', which is how it would be pronounced in French (where leche means 'to lick'). Mind you I didn't attend any meeting there, so perhaps they've got it right and it's just the public who puts the French spin on it!
post #13 of 32
8/21/08 at 9:50pm
Leh-chay.
post #14 of 32
8/21/08 at 9:53pm
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Originally Posted by annettemarie View Post
We have no coke here. :

We do, however, have A & W Root Beer for a science experiment that will be immediately followed by ice cream floats!
Um, I'll be right over. :
post #15 of 32
8/21/08 at 10:06pm
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Originally Posted by NorthernPixie View Post
in Canada I had only heard it referred to as 'LESH', which is how it would be pronounced in French (where leche means 'to lick').
I literally spit my water on the keyboard....


post #16 of 32
8/22/08 at 12:28am
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Originally Posted by annettemarie View Post
Well, she asked how I pronounced it. Not how it is supposed to be pronounced.
True!
post #17 of 32
8/22/08 at 2:24am
yo soy gringa:
"lay-chay"
post #18 of 32
8/22/08 at 2:26am
'Lesh' As in 'Lah Lesh'.
post #19 of 32
8/22/08 at 2:32am
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Originally Posted by frontierpsych View Post
It's in between the two, really. Like the "e"s in "comprende" or the french "Le".

It's the Spanish word for milk. E in Spanish is sort of in between the short E and long A in English.
actually, the letter E in spanish is always pronounced like the long A in english. the vowel sounds in spanish never change. they can be slightly affected by other vowels in the case of dipthongs, but the schwa does not exist in spanish. i had many, many, many teachers instill this in me.

i pronounce leche as: LAY-chay, with accent on the first syllable, both vowels as the long A sound.
post #20 of 32
8/22/08 at 2:42am
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Originally Posted by Gumby View Post
actually, the letter E in spanish is always pronounced like the long A in english. the vowel sounds in spanish never change. they can be slightly affected by other vowels in the case of dipthongs, but the schwa does not exist in spanish. i had many, many, many teachers instill this in me.

i pronounce leche as: LAY-chay, with accent on the first syllable, both vowels as the long A sound.
Gosh, I don't mean to get all funny about this, but I'm a native speaker and it's not a long a. It's a short e. It always drove me crazy that my uncle was called HOSE A instead of Jo-seh by English speakers. I think there's been some sort of confusion with the french e sound in ballet.
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