Los angeles pronunciation hard g. Parker said loh san geh les with that hard g on a radio show called on the beat sam yorty who was mayor of la. Los angeles is spanish for the angelsoriginal name. Maybe becausei dont know it was part of spanish mexico.
Los angeles has never been pronounced with a hard gunless youre german. Also see where did the name los angeles come from. Police chief william h.
A hard g sounds almost like a k as in the words great good and pig. Even so some early 1950s los angeles travel films still used alternative pronunciations such as loss ann geh less hard g. Because the city was originally spanish and los angeles is pronounced with a hard g in spanish.
Today with the exception of those who use the citys original spanish pronunciation los angeles is commonly pronounced according to the anglicized version. By contrast a hard c sounds like a k as in the words cup class and fact. From 1961 to 1973 and also a.