Horcrux etymology / RAB etymology / the letter H

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Hockeygrrrl17 at a... wrote:
> You are correct in assuming that Jacinto is pronounced Yacinto ... I 
am 
> fluent in Spanish , so if anyone had any questions reguarding the 
pronunciation of 
> any spanish looking words , I can help. Jacinto is also a spanish 
word. If it 
> helps , I will post the spanish alphabet and how it sounds in english.

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> Z - zeh - tah

Geoff:
One question from a Spanish non-expert.

Isn't the Spanish "z" pronounced something like the "dd" in Welsh, i.e. 
a soft "th" - as in "thin"?

For example, isn't Cadiz correctly pronounced "Cadith"?