castillian ronunciation

Question

http://wikitravel.org/en/Castilian_Spanish_phrasebook#b do peaple of northern Madrid really pronounce there j g d like that

Answer 1

peaple of northern Madrid

Throughout all of Madrid, in fact, throughout most of the northern portion of Spain.

P.S. The description of the sound of the "jota" is wrong in that article (which claims it sounds like the "ck" in "block") a better description is given for the 'g' before 'e'/'i' and that is the same sound that the "jota" has.

thanks - hughjones, Oct 25, 2011

Answer 2

Many do, yes. It's a fairly common pronunciation in my experience, and it is how I speak more or less.