Horcrux etymology / RAB etymology / the letter H

jlnbtr jlnbtr at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 8 16:40:18 UTC 2005


In "Real" spanish (from Spain), thhe Z does does like a th. In 
America, the language has changed, and Z no longer sounds like Th, 
it sounds like an S... But anyone could understand eitherway. 

The "lisp" you're talking about is different than the Z in Spain, 
this lisp is with S,C,Z. 

Juli

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Hockeygrrrl17 at a... wrote:
> no , the z does not make a th sound , the closest sound would 
actually sound 
> like a soft s sometimes , or sometimes very close to the z sound 
in english. 
> Something I have noticed in my study of languages is that just 
like in english 
> while sounds mostly carry one definite sound , it depends on the 
word on how 
> you really pronounce it , and where the letter is placed.  Take 
Zoro  for 
> example ... it sounds like Soro in spanish. I think the more 
english sounding z is 
> much less common in spanish. Maybe the th sound you are thinking 
of comes from 
> Spain. I know they have an accent that sounds almost like a lisp. 
There are 
> also parts in mexico where they sort of lisp , but the ration of 
the people " 
> lisping" is kind of like having a community of texans in england.
> 
> 
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