Fill in the gaps in this pasquinade on the voiceless velar fricative, which I found last night in Mesonero Romanos’ El antiguo Madrid:

En la plaza hay un cartel
Que nos dice en castellano
Que José, rey italiano,
Roba a España su dosel;
Y al leer este cartel,
Dijo una maja a su majo:
–Manolo, pon ahí abajo
Que me C….. en esa ley,
Porque acá queremos rey
Que sepa decir C…..

Mouse-over for the answers. More on José Bonaparte when the Belgians and Spanish stop bothering me.

Tags: France, French, José Bonaparte, Joseph Bonaparte, Madrid, Peninsular War, phonology, shibboleth, Spain, Spanish, voiceless velar fricative, War of Independence
Categories: Languages, Liberals & locals, Poets, War

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