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Anonymous, 291 days ago
Hi,

would you please reccommend me any links, books and other resources related to Spanish accent in English?

Thanks for help

Petisek
CalifJim  +  663248 Thu, 05 Feb 09 03:05 AM

edward
“most noticable differences between the English accent and the Spanish accent (when speaking English)”

Initial sp, st, and sc do not occur in Spanish.  As a result, the speaker of Spanish adds an intial e, thus:  espeech, estop, eschool.
y is often pronounced as a j, making English 'yoke' and 'joke' sound the same.
The distinction between /b/ and /v/ does not occur in Spanish.  As a result verb tends to be pronounced burv
Lax i is not found in Spanish.  As a result sheep is pronounced ship or ship pronounced sheep, seemingly randomly.
The d is often pronounced th (as in then) in Spanish.  As a result, bad is pronounced bath.

I think these are the most noticeable differences.

CJ
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Anonymous, 258 days ago

 

I don't know if you are thinking of Spaniards when you say that the "z" sound is pronounced as the sound in "think" because in México, where we speak Spanish too, the sound of /z/ is like the sound of /s/. Then we have that "zanahoria" and "sapo" have the same /s/ sound.
Anonymous, 38 days ago

The vowel in the English "family" is formed with the back of the tongue very high in the mouth (look in a mirror).   The Spanish "a" is like the English in "Say 'AHHHH.'"

 

The location of the tongue in the Spanish "a" is closer to the position of the English "u."  That is probably why you think they sound the same.

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