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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