I tip my hat once more, since you rhymed Juan The way you did, and Byron did: not "Juan." I've taught a lot of students, never knew one Who didn't first assume it rhymed with "John." "The Spanish name, the English rhyme?" Eschew one, And trust the rhyme which follows hard upon. Some think demanding English rhymes despotic, But I'd pronounce this quest to rhyme "quixotic."
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A stanza on pronunciation
Date: 2010-12-06 05:00 am (UTC)The way you did, and Byron did: not "Juan."
I've taught a lot of students, never knew one
Who didn't first assume it rhymed with "John."
"The Spanish name, the English rhyme?" Eschew one,
And trust the rhyme which follows hard upon.
Some think demanding English rhymes despotic,
But I'd pronounce this quest to rhyme "quixotic."