Auguste Pinochet

[Torgo]

Is it pronounced "PEEN-OH-SHAY" or "PIN-OH-CHET"? I heard an NPR anchor introduce a BBC package using the first pronounciation and the BBC reporter used the second pronounciation throughout the package.



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Tim
"My hovercraft is full of eels."

[Just Ed]

Slate (http://www.slate.com/code/Explainer/Explainer.asp?Show=10/28/98&idMessage=1989) has the answer.

[Andy]

So how should 'ricochet' be pronounced?

[Just Ed]

bing-bing-[b]bing![b]

[manhattan]

Slate has it wrong. The correct pronunciation is:

BRU-tal MUR-der-ing DIC-Ta-tor.


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Livin' on Tums, Vitamin E and Rogaine

[voguevixen]

good one, Quix. That was a blast from the past!

[Monty]

Now the correct pronunciation is "brutal murdering extradited and lost his appeal dictator."

[C K Dexter Haven]

I visited Santiago on business during the Pinochet years, I was there for a few days. The business acquaintence I was seeing told me that if I wanted to go explore the city, it was perfectly safe -- there was no crime on the streets. "Muggers are shot," he said, and he thought that would make me feel comfortable.

[Diceman]

Actually, shooting muggers might not be such a bad idea in certain places. I'm told that one of the chief reasons there's so much Mexican emmigration/immigration is that in most major Mexican cities, crime is reaching "critical levels." (This from a website listing travel advisories for various countries). Can anyone confirm or deny this? And yes, I know that Auguste Pinochet was the ruler of Chile, not Mexico.

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