Note 9 — PART ONE (continued 3)

pronunciación peninsular. Referring to the Castilian pronunciation of Spanish as spoken in Spain. Most Spanish American peoples pronounce s, z and c (the latter before e and i) like s; ll like y, that is to say, like y in yonder or like j in John. Usually no distinction is made between b and v, both having the sound of the former. On the Pacific coast the letter b is hardly pronounced at all. In most Spanish American countries the sound of d in the past participle is slurred or omitted altogether and final o is often changed to u, as in pasado, “pasau.”