http://www.spanishlatinamerican.com/why-do-people-from-spain-who-speak-spanish-speak-a-different-style-and-with-a-lisp.html Spanish in Latin America and Spanish in Spain - learn it all Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:23:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.spanishlatinamerican.com/why-do-people-from-spain-who-speak-spanish-speak-a-different-style-and-with-a-lisp.html/comment-page-1#comment-2588 Linda H Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:52:05 +0000 http://www.spanishlatinamerican.com/why-do-people-from-spain-who-speak-spanish-speak-a-different-style-and-with-a-lisp.html#comment-2588 The people in Spain who speak Spanish pronounce the soft "c" as a "th" sound. Ex. Barcelona (Bahr-seh-lohn-ah) now becomes Barcelona (Bahr-theh-lohn-ah). I belive it sound much better than Latin American Spanish. The people in Spain who speak Spanish pronounce the soft "c" as a "th" sound. Ex. Barcelona (Bahr-seh-lohn-ah) now becomes Barcelona (Bahr-theh-lohn-ah). I belive it sound much better than Latin American Spanish.

]]> http://www.spanishlatinamerican.com/why-do-people-from-spain-who-speak-spanish-speak-a-different-style-and-with-a-lisp.html/comment-page-1#comment-2589 GrahamH Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:52:05 +0000 http://www.spanishlatinamerican.com/why-do-people-from-spain-who-speak-spanish-speak-a-different-style-and-with-a-lisp.html#comment-2589 It's their accent and idiom. It's the same as British and American English having different styles and accents! Whether or not you pronounce your z's and c's with the "lisp" depends on where you learnt your Spanish and who taught it to you. It’s their accent and idiom. It’s the same as British and American English having different styles and accents! Whether or not you pronounce your z’s and c’s with the "lisp" depends on where you learnt your Spanish and who taught it to you.

]]> http://www.spanishlatinamerican.com/why-do-people-from-spain-who-speak-spanish-speak-a-different-style-and-with-a-lisp.html/comment-page-1#comment-2590 btdt Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:52:05 +0000 http://www.spanishlatinamerican.com/why-do-people-from-spain-who-speak-spanish-speak-a-different-style-and-with-a-lisp.html#comment-2590 This article explains it in excruciating detail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceceo This article explains it in excruciating detail:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceceo

]]> http://www.spanishlatinamerican.com/why-do-people-from-spain-who-speak-spanish-speak-a-different-style-and-with-a-lisp.html/comment-page-1#comment-2591 RMMENA Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:52:05 +0000 http://www.spanishlatinamerican.com/why-do-people-from-spain-who-speak-spanish-speak-a-different-style-and-with-a-lisp.html#comment-2591 Spanish language has to be pronounced with rules of pronunciation, which are different of rules of pronunciation of English. And in Spanish when you pronounce the c or the z like th in English, the sound of th in think, you don't lisp. You lisp, when you pronounce s like th. It is pronounced, the s like th, in somewhere in the southern of Spain. Spanish language has to be pronounced with rules of pronunciation, which are different of rules of pronunciation of English. And in Spanish when you pronounce the c or the z like th in English, the sound of th in think, you don’t lisp. You lisp, when you pronounce s like th. It is pronounced, the s like th, in somewhere in the southern of Spain.

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