What do you think of it? Do you notice a difference when you hear someone from the Canary Islands talking and when you hear someone from Spain?

Im totally comfortable with it, the only time i get lost is when someone is talking really fast (this is only because its been so long since i lived there). Sometimes i listen to my mum talk (only sometimes though) and if she goes on and on i switch off and just start listening to the sound rather than the words. What i really like is the way it goes up and down in pitch, and when it gets blurry and nasal and when words get blurred together. Its very pleasant to hear. I do it myself but not as much as i would do if i lived there and heard it all the time and picked it up more.

Does anyone have trouble hearing the H sound that often replaces the S? Is it confusing? I cant help chuckling to myself at the thought of people not knowing whats going on because of all the Hs. I guess you have to get used to it.

What about the fact that C and Z is always pronunced S rather that TH? Personally i hate the TH sound, to me its disgusting and distracting, although i guess it can be quite sexy when a girl is speaking, but i can only tolerate it for so long.

I don't find it confusing, unfortunately I find it irritating. I learned my Spanish from a book and tape originally, and then lived in the mainland for a few years. I try to keep my castillian pronunciation, but it is very difficult when the accent here is so strong.
I'm used to the H's now, because my partner is spanish speaking and has the South American / Canarian accent, although, I wish he would speak a little more clearly at times.

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Dont you find the overuse of S / the TH sound annoying (as in mainland spanish)? I do. But i can understand how the overuse of the H sound (to replace the TH aswell as to pronounce J) can also be irritating. It softens the sound of the language, but strangely it can sometimes make it sound almost violent. If you watch Manolo Vieira (a comedian) you might see what i mean. Personally i love it.

I guess that what happens with a language with so many Ss.

As in " ci " or " ce " only

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I often have this conversation with a friend from Madrid, he is adamant he speaks as he says the 'Kings Spanish' using the 'th' not the 's' he will not slip his pronunciation to accommodate the Canarian accent.

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Reminds me of the sibilant North Welsh accent ... can't say I favour it, myself.

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They are a strange lot up there Janet

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Oh dear ...

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Forgive my ignorance Janet what does sibilant mean?...Failed to find it the dictionary...It´s not a Welsh word I do know that....

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It means to have a hissing sound, it's used for when a language has a lot of s sounds ... you sssssee!!!

It comes from Latin sibilare, to hiss.

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