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[Don]

Vernacular Spanish as spoken in USA barrios (or even by educated speakers native to the )New World is to Espanol
de Madrid (where the natives claim to speak "pure" Spanish as street English in Philadelphia is to J R R Tolkien's idiolect.

I suspect that "Castilian" Spanish nowadays exists only in hallowed memory.

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On May 1, 2019 5:25 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Scott, that would be the Castilian pronunciation....which used to be taught 
> in high school Spanish classes. It is no longer the standard,  however. 
>
> On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 2:11 PM Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote: 
>
> > Am I right in thinking a native of Madrid would probably use a "th" sound 
> > for many (all?) of the z's? And that the "s" sound for a z is more a 
> > Western Hemisphere thing? Although Chilean Don Francisco of Sabado Gigante 
> > TV fame seems to "th" a lot as well. 
> > 
> > I should stop there, as I have no real knowledge of Spanish. (Much to my 
> > own detriment.) 
> > 
> > On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 11:03 AM cantor03--- via Magdalen < 
> > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote: 
> > 
> > > My Hispanic other half frequently confuses the "s" and "z" sounds.  It's 
> > > my impressionNorth Americans favor the "z" sound in many words that in 
> > > British English usage is  "s".  Thus,you'd think North Americans would 
> > have 
> > > an easy time with "Venezuela," but we don't. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > David Strang. 
> > > In a message dated 5/1/2019 9:43:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> > > jay.weigel at gmail.com writes: 
> > > 
> > > True they don't. But Venezuela seems to be an exception. 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Scott R. Knitter 
> > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA 
> >