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DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP
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| Kikomom wrote: |
The Andalucians of southern Spain pronounce their z's with a lispy, 'ith' sound. Cadiz = Cadeeth
And s's at the end of words are dropped altogether. Adios = adio. Buenos dios = bueno dio.
Penguin, where ya going? |
Ha ha, so next year when I go there (I'll live in Granada) with the Spanish I'm learning from a text book and the tutoring I had with a Mexican woman is going to be hard to get around with....? |
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sqrlnutz123
Joined: 15 Jun 2009
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 9:26 am Post subject: |
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| DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP wrote: |
| Kikomom wrote: |
The Andalucians of southern Spain pronounce their z's with a lispy, 'ith' sound. Cadiz = Cadeeth
And s's at the end of words are dropped altogether. Adios = adio. Buenos dios = bueno dio.
Penguin, where ya going? |
Ha ha, so next year when I go there (I'll live in Granada) with the Spanish I'm learning from a text book and the tutoring I had with a Mexican woman is going to be hard to get around with....? |
Yes!! But you'll get used to it in a couple months. I went over there last year, having had four years of 'Mexican' Spanish and could not understand a word anyone said for the first month. Also, in southern Spain, they pretty much ignore the s anywhere in a word, except if it starts a word, so "Estoy" becomes "Etoy" And C's are also pronounced TH, Cinco is Thinko.
And cerrar is therrar. |
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DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP
Joined: 28 May 2009
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| Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| sqrlnutz123 wrote: |
| DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP wrote: |
| Kikomom wrote: |
The Andalucians of southern Spain pronounce their z's with a lispy, 'ith' sound. Cadiz = Cadeeth
And s's at the end of words are dropped altogether. Adios = adio. Buenos dios = bueno dio.
Penguin, where ya going? |
Ha ha, so next year when I go there (I'll live in Granada) with the Spanish I'm learning from a text book and the tutoring I had with a Mexican woman is going to be hard to get around with....? |
Yes!! But you'll get used to it in a couple months. I went over there last year, having had four years of 'Mexican' Spanish and could not understand a word anyone said for the first month. Also, in southern Spain, they pretty much ignore the s anywhere in a word, except if it starts a word, so "Estoy" becomes "Etoy" And C's are also pronounced TH, Cinco is Thinko.
And cerrar is therrar. |
Yoiks!
I have to go to Granada... Andalucia was so much more laid back and gorgeous than Madrid / Valencia etc
Anyone know of an internet resource for learning how to pronounce Spanish the Andalucian way? |
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Hyeon Een
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| Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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| sqrlnutz123 wrote: |
| I think Evil Penguin needs to be put on suicide watch. Do Koreans think our accent is cute when we speak Korean? I know Americans don't particularly care for Asian accents. But we like some European accents. But I don't think Europeans like our accents when we speak, for example, Spanish or French. |
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Bronski
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| Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Kikomom wrote: |
The Andalucians of southern Spain pronounce their z's with a lispy, 'ith' sound. Cadiz = Cadeeth
And s's at the end of words are dropped altogether. Adios = adio. Buenos dios = bueno dio.
Penguin, where ya going? |
It's not lispy. We have the "th" sound in English, too. It's called theta, and it's a voiceless interdental fricative. We don't say someone has a lisp when they say think, for example.
In most of Spain:
c before i or e --> th
z--> th |
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Sergio Stefanuto
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| Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:10 am Post subject: |
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| AgentM wrote: |
| Why do some Texans have a thick Texan accent and some a more neutral one? |
The social class of the speaker is, generally, the explanation for strong regional accents. |
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SOOHWA101
Joined: 04 Mar 2006
Location: Makin moves...trying to find 24pyung
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| Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:20 am Post subject: |
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| Sergio Stefanuto wrote: |
| AgentM wrote: |
| Why do some Texans have a thick Texan accent and some a more neutral one? |
The social class of the speaker is, generally, the explanation for strong regional accents. |
Partly true.
I have plenty of family all over Texas, which hold positions of lawyers to high salaried foremen to farm owners, and they all speak with different accents. The lower wage earners in those areas tend to have the same twang or drawl. BTW, it is also something you pick up, not just born with.
It has to do with area/region of Texas you are in. Middle Texas has what's referred to as a middle American accent, minus the slang and "Texas" speak vocabulary of course. East Texans pronounce such things as Coors light and creek as "Curs lie-at" and "crick," respectively. West Texans are the most annoying....with a more nasally sound.
If someone speaks and they are from Texas, you can make a pretty good guess to which area they are from.
Edited as to not come off rude. Didn't mean for it to be. |
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