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Originally Posted by Alfonso
David, that is one of the most accepted theories for some of the peculiarities of American Spanish. You can also add two other Spanish regions to the first migratory movements to America: Extremadura and the Canary Islands. In both regions d intervocálica was lost long ago.
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Then, there's the unique use of the letter r in Puerto Rico. If you're not
familiar with it, it sounds like the letter j in Spain combined with the
letter r in France. A woman I know from Puerto Rico told me that this
distinct sound comes from the Gallegos who populated the island in the 19th century. Does anyone else have a theory?
Poli