In reply to:

Why shouldn't Castillian Spanish speakers pronounce Barcelona with with a dental fricative. Afterall anglophones pronounce Paris with an /s/ at the end. Saying Barcelona with a lisp is no more pretentious than saying /pa'Ri/

Thanks, jheem. I think the thread has wandered from my original question, which included no accustions of pretentiousness. I asked because most Anglophones who lisp Barcelona likely do so believing it to be the "correct" pronunciation. All I was asking was: If "correct" is defined as "how the locals say it", is it Barthelona, or not? That was all.


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