Re: Mercury and lead

--- In cybalist@..., João Simões Lopes Filho <jodan99@...> wrote:

> Yes, CH is pronnounced <s^> in modern Portuguese (c^ in Old

Portuguese)

> X is pronnounced in Portuguese by many different ways:
> <z> in hexagono (hexagon)
> <ks> in fixo
> <s^> in Alexandre (Alexander)
> <s> in maximo (biggest)
>
> Joao SL
> Rio de Janeiro
>

How about Brazilian Portuguese rendition of indigenous names?
Xingú?

Torsten