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From: German Fernandez <german@hpl3sn03.cern.ch>
Subject: Re: difference between c and z in Spanish
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Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 09:01:31 GMT
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hlu@wam.umd.edu (Hung Jung Lu) writes:

>Yes, in Castillan, za ce ci zo zu are pronounced with
>an apico-dental fricative consonant. However, I was once
>told by a Castillan girl that there was a subtle difference
>between the z sound and the c sound. However, since
>orthographically one does not find ze zi nor c,a c,o c,u
>in Spanish, it was impossible to find an example where
>she could tell me the difference. And I really couldn't
>hear the difference when she said za ce ci zo zu. But
>she insisted that the difference was there, and another
>Spanish guy in the scene agreed with her.

>To the Castillan experts: is it really true that there
>is a difference between the c and z sounds? How do they
>differ, in technical terms?

No, there is no difference at all.

    ,      ,
German Fernandez (Castillan)
