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Spanish speakers pronounce c and z as a th sound because they imitated a lisping king.

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REFUTED
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Is it true that Spanish speakers pronounce c and z as a th sound because they imitated a lisping king?

No. One reference source directly addresses the claim, calling the lisping-king story a persistent urban legend that scholars have discredited, noting the king in question reigned in the 14th century while the /θ/ sound developed in the 16th. The remaining retrieved items are Spanish-language teaching materials and unrelated linguistics studies that do not bear on the claim.

Verdict: REFUTED · 0 sources for, 1 against · Last checked

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Evidence against · 1
Phonological history of Spanish coronal fricatives - Wikipedia
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Phonological history of Spanish coronal fricatives - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_history_of_Spanish_coronal_fricatives

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