Canary islands pronunciation

leafar · #21 (**permalink**) 19-08-08, 14:29

The whole thervetha thing i also cant get used to. It just sounds so weird to me. In some ways, using an S instead of a TH makes the language sound clearer, aswell as toning down the KH (J) sound into a H, although i can understand how the turning of some Ss into a H can be confusing, especially when trying to distinguish if someone has just referred to something plural.

Briz · #22 (**permalink**) 19-08-08, 14:31

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Originally Posted by PeeJay

I enjoy a good regional variation/accent but being a Tyke and a Loiner thats only natural I suppose.

Is Loiner Leeds?

Janet© · #23 (**permalink**) 19-08-08, 18:25

Yep

Princess · #24 (**permalink**) 19-08-08, 22:31

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Originally Posted by Janet

Talking about the th sound being reproduced as s, a local in Mercadona today told me he'd learned English in Sousampton

Locals from there say .... Soufhaampon

just as my little cross breed HRH does with his....ZZummmerset/Soufhaampon/Irish/Brighton accent

lovethesun · #25 (**permalink**) 11-09-08, 20:14

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Originally Posted by gandalf

I have to admit that as I never learnt Spanish at school I find the local/South American accent easier. Saying things like 'thervetha' never did come easy!!

A few months ago I heard an explanation on the radio that the 'th' for c and z came about because one of the Kings has a lisp and his court tried not the make him sound silly! It's almost believable; after all it is said that Americal English is closer to the original that English English.

I heard that about the King, I asked a Spanish teacher from the peninsular and she said this is what they say but nobody seems to know for sure, I don't understand, surely it would be recorded somewhere

Janet© · #26 (**permalink**) 11-09-08, 20:19

No, I doubt it would

Most things like this are generally regionally created, and then people look for an explanation. I suspect that the "king with a lisp" story was created to account for a regional difference in accent ... and that it's not actually true, let alone recorded anywhere

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