Phonological history of Spanish coronal fricatives
In Spanish dialectology, the terms distinción, seseo and ceceo are used to describe the opposition between dialects that distinguish the phonemes /θ/ and /s/ (distinción), and those that exhibit merger of the two sounds (neutralización) into either /s/ (seseo) or [s̄], a sibilant fricative similar to /θ/ (ceceo).
Dialects that distinguish the two sounds, and thus pronounce the words casa "house" and caza "hunt" differently, are described as having distinción, whereas the dialects that lack this distinction and pronounce the two words as homophones are described as having seseo if both words are pronounced with [s] or ceceo if both words are pronounced with [s̄].
Seseo is typical of the Latin American and Canarian dialects and some dialects of central Andalusia, whereas distinción is typical of most dialects in Spain, except in much of Andalusia and the Canary Islands. Ceceo is found in some dialects of Spain, in the southernmost part of Andalusia.
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Distance
by: BôaWhen it snows outside on this winter night
I'm looking for a trace of you
I'll never forget the time that we've met
The winter when we fell in love
I know it wasn't our time
we had to go our separate ways
You don't know that silently I
was crying out for you to stay
The years come and go but I'm still alone
My tears like snowflakes falling without a sound
I wish I was with you now
When it snows outside on this winter night
I'm looking for a trace of you
I'll never forget the time that we've met
Catching us in the snow
When it snows outside on this winter night
I'm looking for a trace of you
I'll never forget the time that we've met
The winter when we fell in love
Your name frozen on my lips
Icesicles pierce in my heart
Now I wait and send out my wish
To find out wherever you are
The years come and go, but I'm still alone
My tears like snowflakes falling without a sound
I wish I was with you now
When it snows outside on this winter night
I'm looking for a trace of you
I'll never forget the time that we've met
Catching us in the snow
When it snows outside on this winter night
I'm looking for a trace of you
I'll never forget the time that we've met
The winter when we fell in love
There's nothing more than I would want
Than to feel the warm embrace of your love
But I have faith in the promise that you've made
And in the frosted window I,
I'll see your trace
When it snows outside on this winter night
I'm looking for a trace of you
I'll never forget the time that we've met
Catching us in the snow
When it snows outside on this winter night
I'm looking for a trace of you
I'll never forget the time that we've met