Well, in Spanish, 'u' is 'oo', as in b'oo'. lol

The 'th' is really fun in Irish, where the 'th' is not pronouced at all, but is there to give the vowels that would be in front of the 't' or after the 'h' a longer sound.

It took me forever to stop crossing my 7's. :)

While waiting to catch my return flight home from NYC in 2000, a man asked me if I had flown Delta before and if I liked their service... I told him yes and the conversation went on. When time came for him to board his plane, he asked me if I was German or European, lol. I told him no, but that I had grown up in Minnesota and that there are many Scandanavians, Sweeds and Germans there. I got a good chuckle out of that one because it's been a good 20 years since I lived there and after having lived in 'the South' so long, I was sure that my 'midwestern' accent was pretty much gone. I took it as a compliment. :)

That has made me wonder now, Raoul, how do you pronounce the 'R' in your name? Do you twirl/roll the 'R'? I've been pronouncing it the American way, as in: Growl, but without the 'G'. :)

Cheers,

Marcia