himno de la virgen del pilar in english
Our Lady of the Pillar Our Lady of the Pillar (Spanish: Nuestra SeÃ±ora del Pilar) is the name given to the Blessed Virgin Mary in connection with local tradition, canonically recognized since 1723, that she appeared to the Apostle James the Greater as he was praying by the banks of the Ebro at Caesaraugusta (Zaragoza), Hispania, in AD 40. The celebrated wooden image is enshrined at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Zaragoza.
Phonological history of Spanish coronal fricatives A persistent urban legend claims that the prevalence of the sound /θ/ in Spanish can be traced back to a Spanish king who spoke with a lisp, and whose pronunciation spread by prestige borrowing to the rest of the population. This myth has been discredited by scholars for lack of evidence.[9] Lundeberg (1947) traces the origins of the legend back to a chronicle of Pero López de Ayala stating that Peter of Castile "lisped a little" ("ceceaba un poco") however he reigned in the 14th century and the sound /θ/ began to develop in the 16th century (see below). Moreover, it is clear that a true lisp would not give rise to the systematic distinction between /s/ and /θ/ that characterizes Standard Peninsular pronunciation. For example, a lisp would lead one to pronounce both siento ('I feel') and ciento ('hundred') the same (as [θjento]) whereas in Standard Peninsular Spanish they are pronounced [ˈsjento] and [ˈθjento], respectively.