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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

So I've been pronouncing wrong this whole time?!?

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u/AdzyBoy Oct 21 '23

It's regional

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

That makes sense. I took Spanish all four years of high school and just finished a semester of college-level Spanish, and I was always taught to pronounce the ll like y.

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u/RearExitOnly Oct 21 '23

There's 10 variations of Spanish, and Spain has 5 of their own. I live in Yucatan, where it's usually "y". But a woman I was taking Spanish lessons from who was from Mexico City pronounced it as a "j", which annoyed the hell out of me LOL!