Regionalisms
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Where did the sound
th> for the letter Z come from, the original Castillian or the newer Spanish?
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updated Apr 10, 2012
posted by juliaburns
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The urban legend is that a Spanish King in the 15th century had a lisp and so everyone tried to speak like the king. This is NOT true. The answer is actually quite complicated, so I will give you the wikipedia link that explains the phonetic and linguistic evolution of that spanish sound:
updated Apr 10, 2012
edited by bandit51jd
posted by CubanDreams
