[stupac2]

Today is the first day I'm noticing the pronunciation as "Arthega-Whiteside"... for those who know, is that the correct version or a lisp? Is that kind of like Olazabal? Sincerely curious.

In Spain, the soft 'c' and the 'z' are pronounced as a 'th'.  But that is a Spain thing.

BC

As someone else alluded to, it's a Castilian thing, it's not universal in Spain (and my experience in Castilian territory is that no one really does it any more anyway). I vaguely remember something about there being more variance in the way Spanish is spoken in Spain than in Latin America, despite the latter being way larger.

[stupac2]

Today is the first day I'm noticing the pronunciation as "Arthega-Whiteside"... for those who know, is that the correct version or a lisp? Is that kind of like Olazabal? Sincerely curious.

In Spain, the soft 'c' and the 'z' are pronounced as a 'th'.  But that is a Spain thing.

BC

As someone else alluded to, it's a Castilian thing, it's not universal in Spain (and my experience in Castilian territory is that no one really does it any more anyway). I vaguely remember something about there being more variance in the way Spanish is spoken in Spain than in Latin America, despite the latter being way larger.