This one's for Jason ;)

I got 7/12 on that one... And only because I'm a good guesser and actually watched La Dolce Vita. Teehee.

3/10. Dude that one sucked.

Beth in some dialects of Spanish the V is pronounced as a B...so it would sound like Buckaroo

Bethie wrote:

....in fact, i can't tell you how many people have asked him which part he came from...even with the blue eyes and blonde hair, which they actually have in Salvador and some parts of Mexico since the Germans were mixing with the locals way back when...so i'm just going by what he says.

hahaha

I got tycoon, parasite, oragutan, and hippopotamus right... so that's 4/12... atleast I did better than Jig... do I get an award??

Bethie wrote:

But Vaquero isn't pronounced anything like buckaroo, whether the B was pronounced as a V or not. Its Va-Care-O (rolling the R of course).

Bethie

P.S. I know nothing of Spanish, but Brandon speaks it like someone actually from Mexico...in fact, i can't tell you how many people have asked him which part he came from...even with the blue eyes and blonde hair, which they actually have in Salvador and some parts of Mexico since the Germans were mixing with the locals way back when...so i'm just going by what he says.

Yes, but as with many words, "Vaquero", as Anna said, can be the start of it, and has likely morphed into Buckeroo over the years due to the many linguists (or non-linguists as the case may be) who have tried to pronounce it their own way. This happens all the time.... just ask Texans how you say "Bosque"... or ask a person just learning how to read how to say "Hors d'oeuvres" .... or even ask a Northerner how to say Soda.

'Tis all relative, m'dear.

or ask Brian to say huge...

Most definitely - it's all relative. I mean, look at Brian's post from the other day - 200+ ways to say "no," including different variations all within the US.

Words originate from specific sources, but by the time the different nationalities, cultures, and even regions get done with them they rarely sound the way they started.

Jesse wrote:

or ask Brian to say huge...

That was Gavin's post not mine!!!!! Please don't punish me!!!

Ask Brian to say Highway(and no I didnt post that just cause all the forum is in Russian I think) But I would really know what Country the Buckaroo came from Its not even close but oh well I didnt even take the test and have no intention of doing so......Adios


Brandon