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Most of England dropped the rhotic R to follow after the aristocracy who changed it to differentiate themselves from commoners. Spain adopted an inbred king's lisp into their pronunciation. What about Portugal?
That European Spanish phonology includes the /θ/ sound for z, ce, and ci does not make it a "lisp." Spaniards can and do have the "regular" /s/ sound just like other dialects of Spanish. It would be just as silly to say that English speakers who say "think" instead of "sink" speak with a lisp when they are two different words separated by a minimal pair
A single person with a lisp (even a king) cannot influence a language spoken by millions of people. Languages change via natural processes over time, the king thing is an urban legend
Which one? There are a lot of them lol.
Carlos II, but now I'm reading that that's just a myth. It's varies regionally and dates back further to the 15th century.
Is that rhotic R thing true? When I think about rhotic accents in the UK it's mostly just South West England. Why would that side of the country spontaneously keep it while the rest drops it?