DON QUIXOTE AND DON JUAN
Sir,-Any doubts which the writer of "A great Spaniard" (Listener, July 29, page 26) may have as to the pronunciation of "Don Quixote" should be dispelled by listening to the talk mentioned in his paragraph. Though it would have beén quite understandable if Senor de Madariaga had given the name its Spanish pronunciation, he uses the standard English pronunciation throughout the talk. However, during the week preceding the presentation of the talk at 2YA, certain announcers referred to the book as "Don Kiehoatie," according to my ear. Clearly they did not stop to cine how they would
pronounce "quixotic" or "quixotry" if called on to use either of these words. Both before and since then, the same announcers have treated us to "Don Hwon," where the printed programmes referred to Don Juan. Shades of. Byron! Admittedly, the difficulties arising from the broadcasting of foreign names are not easy to overcome; but it seems a pity to add tq them by discarding pronunciations which are recognised by all authorities to belong to Standard Eng-
lish.
STANDARD ENGLISH
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 531, 26 August 1949, Page 5
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182DON QUIXOTE AND DON JUAN New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 531, 26 August 1949, Page 5
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