User talk:2601:285:8700:6780:2DDD:AEB8:5689:7A8F

Additional characteristic "gu" -> "w"
Hi, Growing up in Santa Fe, I noticed a characteristic of Northern NM Spanish that I don't see in this page: The pronunciation of a hard "gu" as a "w". For example "agua" is pronounced invariably as if it were spelled "awa". Still two syllables, but the sound in the middle is a barely pronounced W sound. Examples in common use: listen to how locals pronounce: - The village of "Agua Fria" - The traditional saying "¡Heche le agua!" which means basically "Hurry up!" or "Work faster!" usually used to goad an absent-minded 16-year old construction laborer (me) to speed things up.