In a town made up of mostly Latinos, according to the Census, a 'correct' pronunciation is tricky — the language of the people who live there exists on a sliding spectrum between Spanish and English, and often consists of a combination of the two.
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She says she encountered other examples as she got older, like the way people would say"Guada-LOOP" when referring to Guadalupe, the main stretch at UT in Austin, while she was studying there. And hearing those words in English didn't necessarily bother her — it's part of the code-switching that bilingual folks live with every day in the U.S.
She says the bottom line for her is to try to respect how people say their own names, or the name of their hometown.
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