Can we expect a photoreportage on Iberospherical?

Here's an Ibiza-related question that even Stephen Hawking couldn't have answered: If J-Lo is a bilingual English-Spanish speaker, how come in On the Floor, she pronounces it IbiZa with a zebra zee sound, rather than IbiTHa or IbiSa? (Pitbull also does this.)

Also, where the hell does that vowel sound in the line 'in the cluuuuuurrb' come from?

Ibiza - land of phonetic mystery. And some other stuff.

Matthew Clapham
Matthew Clapham

Written by Matthew Clapham

Professional translator by day. Writer of silly and serious stuff by night. Also by day, when I get fed up of tedious translations. Founder of Iberospherical.

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