And wiki doesn't agree with either one :-)
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saguaro>
Chuck Norcutt
On 5/2/2012 12:58 AM, Moose wrote:
> On 5/1/2012 4:11 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
>>> ... I found that for that Sahuaro flower photo
>
> Do you know where that spelling/usage comes from?
>
> It sounds almost like my father was there at some crucial stage. He went to
> his death apparently convinced that the
> letter 'g' in Spanish is always soft. He could listen to a Mariachi band sing
> 'Guadalajara' with a hard 'G' and go right
> on calling two of his favorite cities what sounded like 'Wadalahara' and
> 'Juanahuato'.
>
> My late wife, born in Mexico City, a fluent speaker, with a Masters in
> Spanish Literature, was unable to convince him
> otherwise.It's Saguaro, with a hard 'g' in Mexico, where I have seen many
> thousands of them.
>
> South Of The Border Moose
>
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