Talk:Bexar County, Texas

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Cities section
I removed several cities because they were not incorporated towns. There are a number of other unincorporated towns/places in Bexar County that would have to be included if we included those. &mdash; Mateo SA | talk 00:07, Aug 21, 2004

Heraldry
Should show and discuss arms. --Daniel C. Boyer 17:51, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

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Pronunciation of "Bexar" in English
Any reference?--Whhalbert 22:13, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I've added the first one that popped up. There are probably hundreds - let me know if I need to find something more authoritative than a chamber of commerce site.  I swear 99.99% of the people here simply pronounce it "BEAR" and drop any pretense of its Spanish origin (which I sometimes hear as "BAY-HAR").  You can always spot the yankees when they call it "BECKS-AR". :)  Kuru  talk  00:26, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

= LPM: I have studied Spanish a lot and I think "Bay-har" is just about right. The X in Spanish usually works just like a J, i.e., with the sound we associate with H in English. Also "Bay-har" easily elides into "Bear". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.131.198.173 (talk) 02:36, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Actually, "Bexar" is pronounced "Be-har" in Spanish, not "Bay-har". The "e" in Spanish is pronounced the same as the "e" in English (short vowel). Just like one wouldn't pronounce "egg" in English, "ay-gg", one shouldn't pronounce any Spanish word with the letter "e" as "ay". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaimeisanchez (talk • contribs) 03:18, 25 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Likely true; the name of the city that the county takes its name from is Béjar, so bay-har in spanish. Academic, as the name of the county has long ago corrupted into the pronunciation of "bear", as have many places in southern texas.  Kuru  talk  02:52, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

I've added the "bear" pronunciation and a reference. 132.162.76.254 (talk) 18:12, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

Pronunciation of Bexar
Since an anon keeps reverting the addition of the pronunciation without explaining why I thought that I would bring this issue up here. Anyway should we include the pronunciation of Bexar in the article or not? Fei noh a  Talk 02:48, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Sure. Uncommon pronunciation of an oddly spelled word. I don't know what the counter point would be. There's been a long term problem with an IP that just randomly removes it; not clear on why. Kuru   (talk)  19:05, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

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