Re: [lojban] not quite RECORD:x

["Carlos Thompson" <chlewey@myrealbox.com>]

Jorge Llambias wrote:

> >German ch, Russian kh, Spanish j or x (or g before e or i),
>
> Spanish x is normally pronounced ks, as in English.
> The only word I know where x is pronounced like j is "Mexico",
> which most non-Mexicans write as "Mejico" anyway.
> (Maybe Texas/Tejas is another such word, but in this case
> the pronunciation varies along with the orthography.)

Well, many place names in Mexico as well: Xalapa, Oaxaca, etc. and some
personal names like Xavier and Ximena.

-- Carlos Th