Note on the Pronunciation of Mexican
The pronunciation of Mexican names presents at first some little difficulty. The letter X is invariably pronounced as sh, so that Mixcoatl and Mexitli are, viva voce, Mishcoatly and Meshitlee, the final tl being pronounced as tl followed by a short y, although the natives in many parts of the country articulate it with a definite clicking sound, unapproachable by a European. The names of the more important gods are pronounced as follows:
| Uitzilopochtli | = Wit-zil-o-potchtly |
| Tezcatlipocâ | = Tez-catly-pocā |
| Quetzalcoatl | = Quetzal-co-at-ly |
| Xipe | = Shee-pay |
| Chalchihuitlicue | = Chal-chĕĕ-wĕĕt-lēē-kway. |
Most of the others are comparatively simple of pronunciation. The ch sound is pronounced as in Spanish, i.e. hard, as in “thatch.”