Well being from South Texas and Southern California, I have grown up speaking enough Spanish to know how to pronounce most of the names properly. And yes Por Laranaga is one of the more difficult. Rolling and R, for some is physicly impossible, as it is a gentic triat. Much like attached or detached earlobes, or being able to roll your tougue in a taco shape. Either you can do it, or you can't...and I can't. But for you all who don't know how to pronounce Spanish, it is really very easy. There are only 5 vowel sounds. a = ah, e = eh, i = eee(long e), o - oh, u = oo (as in boo), y also = ee double l or ll is pronounced as an english y. A the leter J is prnounced as an H, hence Tatuaje, is said...tah-too-ah-hey... the
The accent or emphasis on a certain sylyble is a bit more difficult and where i give most Americans a pass. here is a snipet I stole fro the web.
•If a word ends in a vowel, n or s, the stress is on the penultimate (next to last) syllable. For example, toro, computadora, joven and zapatos all have their accent on the next-to-last syllable. Most words fit this category.
•Words that end in other letters have the stress on the last syllable. For example, hotel, hablar, madador and virtud all have the accent on the final syllable.
•If a word isn't pronounced according to the above two rules, an accent is placed over the vowel of the syllable that gets the stress. For example, común, lápiz, médico, inglés, and ojalá all have the stress on the indicated syllable.
I hate pronoucing Pepin, as Pepeen, but that is proper.
