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In Spanish, the b and v sounds are so similar that many people misspell words that include them. [looking out the window, whistling-e] 
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Umm. Cerveza springs to mind - but then it would wouldn't it.
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In Spanish, the b and v sounds are so similar
¿Is that a B like in Victor or a B like in Habana?
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In Spanish, the b and v sounds are so similar
¿Is that a B like in Victor or a B like in Habana?
The distinction is sufficiently hard to hear that there a standard phrase - "¿B de Burro, or V de Vaca?" - to help differentiate.
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Interesting to note that the Cyrillic letter "B" is pronounced as "v". Must drive them loco in Cuba.
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In Spanish, the b and v sounds are so similar
The distinction is sufficiently hard to hear that here a standard phrase - "¿B Burro, or V de Vaca?"
Like Faldage said: ¿Is that a B like in Victor or a B like in Habana?
What's Espanish for 'chopped liver'?
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In Sardinian there does not appear to be a "v" sound, and all occasions of "v" have been replaced with "b". For example, "venti" in Italian means 20, and this is "binti" in Sardinian. And so on.
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In reply to:
What's Espanish for 'chopped liver'?
Paté........
Bueno. Hígado picado.
It's not so much that the b and v are interchangeable, the v most often sounds like b, although there are also instances in which the b sounds more like v, ie bacha. Vaca, incidently, is one of the words most likely to be spelled "baca".
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In fact, that sound is my favorite phoneme, just for its name: 'bilabial fricative.' (...which can be extended, by those who are wont, to describe a Bronx cheer...  )
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Then there is the gentle bilabial fricative that is a prelude to romance.
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