El Yunque or "El Junque" National Forest Pronunciation
The internet seems to be full of disagreement about how to pronounce El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico. Here is a small sampling:
- The US Forest Service website claims it's el-ZHUN-kay (although as a word is Spanish, I don't think that really makes sense; that said it may or may not be Taíno in origin)
- Mario Gonzalez, the executive director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company pronounces it "YOON-kay"
- Respondents to this thread use both "Yun-K" and "June-Kay"
- However, a Reddit user who claims to have lived in Puerto Rico all his life says that "You can't pronounce the word Yunque with a J"
- But the Colorado school of Mines library actually spells it El Junque.
How do I know which one is right so that I don't mess it up, and why is this so confusing? (For example, if "YOON-kay" is right, why are so many people saying "JOON-kay" -- that's not an obvious mistake an english speaker would make!)
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How do you pronounce El Yunque National Forest?
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Pre-Columbian Era (to 1508) During this time, El Yunque (Luquillo Mountains) was known as Yuk\xe9, or white land, in reference to the cloud covered summits. The forest's current name, El Yunque (i.e., meaning anvil in Spanish), is a corrupted derivation of the Taino word (Dom\xednguez-Crist\xf3bal 1997a, Moran Arce 1971).How do you pronounce Tongass National Forest?
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