More on dental fricatives

[Rick Mc Callister]

/_DH_/ (edh) is the standard pronunciation for final <d>

besides /_TH_/ theta in northern Spain

other regional pronunciations (that I have come across) are
/0/ in lowland Spanish /maDHri, maDHri:/
/s/ as a hypercorrection in lowland Spanish; occasionally /S, _TH_/ in
parts of Central America /maDHris, maDHriS/
and /t/ in Yucatan /madrit, matrit/ but only among speakers whose native
language was yucateco

note also the lastname Madriz

[snip]

>On the other hand, I often hear an edh in 'Madrid', 'laúd' etc. Or is
>there something wrong with my hearing ?

[snip]

Rick Mc Callister
W-1634
Mississippi University for Women
Columbus MS 39701