Malapropism - Page 2

Interestingly, I´ve heard MADRID pronounced as MADRIZ by Madrileñians.
What phenomenom could this be?:thinking: Or do I need a hearing aid?:confused:

You heard right. That is called interdentalización de d final. It's very common in Madrid and other areas in Castilla.

What a relief!
Besides, I discovered I´m begining to do the same thing.:rolleyes:
At least, there´s a name for it.

En inglés oí, "I have two words for you: be have":D

Muchos hispanos en la américas (como ecribió Alfonso) hablan como los andaluces.
Por ejemplo se puede oir: No tiene ni doj dola (no tiene ni dos dolares).

But sure you know how to pronounce /d/ at the end of a word... For madrilenian people it's hard to pronounce as this is not a very common sound (actually, Spanish doesn't pay as much attention to the end of the words as English do). I'd try to keep this sound clear... as it sounds really sexy. Did I convince you? :rolleyes:

Yes... That is said to be because the first population from Spain that went to America was from Andalucía and Extremadura, so they also imported their way of talking.

/doh dólareh/ is called aspiración de /s/ postvocálica.
/doj dólarej/ is called velarización de /s/ postvocálica.

In /doj dóla/ there is also an apócope.

Just knowing a little of phonetics you will understand these definitions, as they describe exactly what is happening to the sound referred to.

When I was in Nicaragua, I heard both the aspiración and velarización de /s/ postvocálica in the same word. :eek: The Nicas prefer not to say the /s/.
For example:
Nosotros somos los más viejos becomes Nojotroh jomoh loh máh viejo.

That makes sense, as this happens depending on the phonetic context of the changing sound. Look that, in your sentence, the /h/ appears before consonant, while /j/ appears before vowel. Actually, aspiración and velarización are the same phenomena on different grades, which is the setting back in the mouth of the articulation point (I'm sorry I'm translating literally, as I don't master this vocabulary).

this is the definition that <snip> has.
1. Word:- malapropism
Pronunciation:- [ma-la-pro-pi-sem]
Meaning(s):- s. Despropósito lingüístico.