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Originally Posted by zumarrad
A Mexican friend of mine said her mother, like many Spanish speakers, tends to conflate b and v. Once, in Paris, she was calling to the waiter in a restaurant, saying "vite" to get him to hurry - except she pronounced it more like "beet" which is, apparently, a French slang term for penis...
An Egyptian lady I know said when she and her son George visited Egypt, the "country people" couldn't say his name and kept calling him Gorg, with hard Gs.
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My friend Gilma, from El Salvador used to crack me up with her y's and j's.
Her husband, from the Middle East would tease her mercilessly about her way of saying yogurt ("JOE-gurt) and yacht ("jockcht"). She was really cool about it.
And where I grew up (Daly City, CA), there are many people native to the Philppines who mistakes p's and f's and v's and b's. So, things cost "porty-pibe" dollars ($45), and this gift is "por" you, not for you. That accent warms the cockles of my little heart.