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Old June 19th, 2009, 03:22 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by A.B.Negative View Post
I had a teacher who pronounced it "ee-bahn-yeth".
Either your teacher had a speech impedement...(j/k).
Actually, some countries in Latin America have the same thing with the "S" or "Z"...pronouncing it with somewhat of a lisp.
I can't remember it, exactly, of whether it was a tribute to the Queen of Spain (Isabella?)...or something like that, that royalty wanted their people to talk that way.
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