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Old February 15, 2009, 12:23 PM
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The funny thing is that you're all confirming what I already thought. "B and V the same in Spanish." I'm not saying I have it *right* ... as in, I don't know that I make the right sound ... the right amount of teeth vs. lip vs. air vs. everything else. But I've been pronouncing them exactly the same. These three Salvadoran girls (who don't know each other) have ALL said "NO - they should be two very different sounds. The B more explosive and the V softer." Thus I assumed a regional difference.
Yes, you are assuming correctly, but also it happens within a spanish country. :-)

Use as you would use it in English, and you will not miss it, not will be missed.

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Do you know what I'd find in Peru or in Lima?
Both.


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