2006-09-06 10:44:49 · 9 answers · asked by Catherine L 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
speakers from spain pronounce "s" and "z" as "th" because according to the story, there was a king who had a lisp and that was how he talked. in order to not embarrass the king or anything, his courtiers all spoke like that. or at least thats the story that i heard
2006-09-06 12:08:54 · answer #1 · answered by moonshine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just as any other person on this planet, there is the possibility of someone having a lisp, but in this case, you probably mean why do Spaniards speak with the theta. The simplest answer is that it is the regional dialect. The Spaniards pronounce the C and Z as a soft TH, i.e., corazon (co-ra-thon). Not all people who speak Spanish pronounce the letters mentioned above as such. I speak Spanish, but I pronounce the C and Z as an S, which is common among the other Spanish speaking nations and territories.
2006-09-06 11:01:51 · answer #2 · answered by Mojomonkey 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's only Spaniards that "lisp" especially when pronouncing the letter S.
If you carefully listen to Spanish speakers from other parts of the world, i.e, Central, South America, the Caribbean, you will hear a wide variety of different accents and pronunciations.
2006-09-06 10:53:18 · answer #3 · answered by Ed A 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You probably have observed that some speakers of Spanish (some from Spain, specifically), use a fricative sound when pronouncing words like "corazón" and "zeta". This is not a speech impediment but is simply that they are using a different sound because they speak a different dialect of Spanish. I happens to be the same sound that English speakers use in words like "bath" and "three".
I actually was acquainted with one Spanish speaker who lisped, in the speech impediment sense. He was from Cuba. I imagine that there are about as many Spanish speakers with speech disorders as there are English speakers with them, or speakers of any language. In other words, not very many.
2006-09-07 15:33:57 · answer #4 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a lisp, it's the way they pronounce the letter s, could be because they pronounce the letter Z the same way. I only know of Spaniards to speak that way.
2006-09-06 10:49:07 · answer #5 · answered by elguzano1 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not lisping but CECEAR and only done with the
letters Z and C
2006-09-06 11:00:33 · answer #6 · answered by opaalvarez 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not ALL Spanish speaker lisp, maybe the ones you heard have, but its not all of them. And maybe its not lisp that you think it is, their language is one such language where you have to use your tongue a lot to pronounciate words, and maybe that's why it might sound like lisp to you.
2006-09-06 10:51:47 · answer #7 · answered by cremedelacreme 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they don't ALL lisp, some do just like some english speakers do.
however, most do speak with an accent. big difference in what it is, but both create misunderstandings.
2006-09-06 10:47:57 · answer #8 · answered by bbwgoddess60 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think they do..however they have their own special accent...
Besides..don't u think most people who are native English speakers sometimes "swallow" letters??
I guess It's the same..!!
2006-09-06 10:52:08 · answer #9 · answered by Nice girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋