Re: y sound

Stone Gordonssen wrote:

> >I won't argue figures, but most Spanish speakers don't distinguish y and
> >ll, and the pronunciation for ll (and y)
> >in most of South America is [j]. [dZ],[Z] and [S] are mostly heard in
> >Argentina and Uruguay.
>
> Having followed this string, my question is:
> Do any of these variations lead to problems of unintelligability across
> Spanish-speaking communities?
>
Not re pronunciation of y or ll, but as with many languages some people find
certain dialects/accents difficult to follow.

David Barrow