Also, this reminds me of an episode in which Andrew Zimmern of "Bizarre Foods" was visiting the same area. He could not get the pronunciation of "oil-down" (a stew) correct: [ɔylˈdɔŋ].
Monday, May 19, 2014
Tarpon are "maniche"
So last night I was watching an episode of "River Monsters." In this episode host Jeremy Wade was fishing for tarpon on Nicaragua's Miskito coast. One of the locals told him tarpon are "mannish"; the show's editing team were apparently unaware of the English provenience of the term, and in the subtitles they spelled it "maniche," maybe thinking it came from French or somewhere. I'm guessing they were thrown off by the pronunciation: [ˈmaniš] rather than [ˈmænɪš].
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