r and s: Galician

[Ralph Penny]

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Rhotacization of /s/ to [r] before /d/ commonly occurs in
Cantabria, at least in the rural varieties I investigated in
_El habla pasiega_ and _Estudio estructural del habla de
Tudanca_.
 
Ralph Penny
 
 
 
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>
>
> >
> > The change of s to r before another consonanant is widespread in southern
> > Spain and also in Madrid, so that los dedos may be articulated as lor
> > dedoh and buenos dias as buenor diah.
>
> it is nice to read it, because I never heard a change like "buenor
> diah"  in Madrid, nor in Toledo, Galicia  nor in Southern Spain. You say
> "widespread", but I never, *really never*, met it.
>
> You can hear following (sub)standard variants:
>
> in Madrid
>   1) buenos dias
>   2) bueno dia
> in the South (from Toledo toward andalucia)
>   3) buenoeh diah
>   4) buenoh diah
>
> a Galician should use the standard variation, also "buenos dias", but
> "bos dias" (in Galician).
>
>
> Have  you ever heard "buenor diah" ? Where do you get such informations?
> I would like to read about it.
>
> j.m.
> Ralph Penny
School of Modern Languages
Department of Hispanic Studies
Queen Mary and Westfield College
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London E1 4NS.
 
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