Proper way to pronounce "La Quinta"
Michael Kotler
foot-tall+ signs for the "La Quinta Motor Inn". They are particularly
prevalent in Texas, which I think is where the motel chain is based.
Does anyone know the proper way to pronounce the name La Quinta? I've
heard three ways of doing so:
1) The phonetic pronounciation of "la-kwin-ta".
2) "la-keen-ta"
3) "la-kee-ta"
Matthew Staller
sound barely registering). But then, these here are the United States of
America, and we pronounce things different, hear? So the popular
pronunciation would defintely be 1.
What do I win?
John A. Weeks III
<mek...@aol.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know the proper way to pronounce the name La Quinta? I've
> heard three ways of doing so:
>
> 1) The phonetic pronounciation of "la-kwin-ta".
> 2) "la-keen-ta"
> 3) "la-kee-ta"
How about calling their 800 number and see how they do it? As I
recall, the last time I called, it was "la kin-ta" with a long i.
Almost like la-keen-ta.
-john-
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Ray Mullins
Patrick L. Humphrey <pat...@io.com> wrote:
>"Colin" <zildjian@"REMOVE"texasol.com> writes:
>
>>Michael Kotler wrote in message ...
>>>A frequent sight along the Interstate highways in the South are those 90-
>>>foot-tall+ signs for the "La Quinta Motor Inn". They are particularly
>>>prevalent in Texas, which I think is where the motel chain is based.
>
>>>heard three ways of doing so:
>
>>>1) The phonetic pronounciation of "la-kwin-ta".
>
>>>2) "la-keen-ta"
>
>>>3) "la-kee-ta"
>
>>Spanish language, Texas. The proper way is the Spanish way la-KEEN-ta, but
>>texans tend to say a combination of #2 and #3, and I think the rest of the
>>country follows along.
>
>I always thought La Quinta was Spanish for "behind the Denny's", myself...:-)
I thought it was Spanish for "Cracker Barrel". <g> Aside: It actually
translates as "The Fifth". Which opens a whole bunch more questions...
The Fifth What?
The few times I have called 1-800-WE'RE-FULLY-BOOKED it has been pronounced
#2, the proper Spanish pronounciation.
Texas may be the #1 butcherer, but Coloraydo is #2 (Byoona Vista, my ass!),
and California is #3 (La Ciudad De Nuestra Señora La Reina De Los Angeles
De Porciuncula).
Later,
Ray
(Byoona Vista
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Mike Reaser
> I always thought La Quinta was Spanish for "behind the Denny's", myself...:-)
Heh. Around the Atlanta area and points eastward (at least, to
Columbia or Charlotte), it seems to be Spanish for "behind the
Cracker Barrel".
> --PLH, okay, folks, I just read them, I don't write them. Honest.
I guess it's better than "*over* a (Cracker) Barrel". :-)
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> A frequent sight along the Interstate highways in the South are those 90-
> foot-tall+ signs for the "La Quinta Motor Inn". They are particularly
> prevalent in Texas, which I think is where the motel chain is based.
>
> Does anyone know the proper way to pronounce the name La Quinta? I've
> heard three ways of doing so:
>
> 1) The phonetic pronounciation of "la-kwin-ta".
>
> 2) "la-keen-ta"
> 3) "la-kee-ta"
Larry Sheldon
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John Levine
>> heard three ways of doing so:
>>
>> 1) The phonetic pronounciation of "la-kwin-ta".
>> 2) "la-keen-ta"
Depends where you are. In Texas, it's la-keenta, in New Hampshire,
it's la-kwinta, pronounced to rhyme with winter. BTDT.
Ed-M
lpi...@cox.net
> A frequent sight along the Interstate highways in the South are those 90-
> foot-tall+ signs for the "La Quinta Motor Inn". They are particularly
> prevalent in Texas, which I think is where the motel chain is based.
>
> heard three ways of doing so:
>
> 1) The phonetic pronounciation of "la-kwin-ta".
>
> 2) "la-keen-ta"
>
> 3) "la-kee-ta"
Shawn K. Quinn
That said I don't blame people for #1. This tends to happen when a
foreign word is crammed into English.
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John Levine
>>> heard three ways of doing so:
>>>
>>> 1) The phonetic pronounciation of "la-kwin-ta".
>>>
>>> 2) "la-keen-ta"
>>>
>>> 3) "la-kee-ta"
>>
>> La-keen-ta
>
>Please note the original post was from 17 years ago.
Kenny McCormack
really had to use it in conversation; I'd say the incorrect pronounciation
was really only in my head.
But, I happened to see a commercial for the chain on TV recently, and they
do, indeed, pronounce it as #2.
P.S. I have no idea where #3 comes from.
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