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I have heard Spaniards, Venezuelans and Colombians(mostly south americans, excludding Argentineans and Uruguayans) pronouncing Ll as an English J sound, but they also pronounce the Spanish Y as the English J... go figure...
Central and North American, Spanish speaking people(Mexicans, Cubans, Guatemalans, basically caribbean people) prn it like you said, like ee or English Y. That is how I speak spanish. I NEVER use the english J sound when speaking Spanish... go figure, again.

I only know what one is tought in Grammar School. Proper pronaunciation is Spanish Ll = English "J"
Spanish Y = English "Y" or "ee"
Spanish J = English "H"

Magia, who speaks caribbean spanish, del pais de la eterna primavera!

• y - Anya  Feb 4 2004, 12:13:14 PM
  • Welsh - Lloer  Feb 6 2004, 6:31:59 AM
  • Actually... - Magia  Feb 5 2004, 9:42:22 PM
    • Re: Actually... - Yahalome  Feb 7 2004, 8:25:03 PM
      • Hard to tell... - Magia  Feb 9 2004, 10:45:34 AM
        • And I missed the point of your question...(sorry) - Magia  Feb 9 2004, 11:12:53 AM
          • Re: And I missed the point of your question...(sorry) - Yahalome  Feb 9 2004, 9:32:31 PM
            • Un placer! n/t - Magia  Feb 10 2004, 2:36:20 PM
  • No, spanish j is pronounced as y, not the other way around! [nt] - Jennifer  Feb 4 2004, 8:33:35 PM
    • It *is* the other way around - Ivayla  Feb 5 2004, 12:04:48 AM
      • Argentinean and uruguayan Y ("sh") - Magia  Feb 5 2004, 9:31:06 PM
        • True that - Ivayla  Feb 5 2004, 10:59:50 PM
          • La Mosca!! - Magia  Feb 6 2004, 8:52:28 AM
            • LOL! I knew I was at the right place to ask :P n/t - Ivayla  Feb 6 2004, 11:34:38 AM
          • Oh well, not "cemare", but "quemare." Too much rum for tonight (m) - Ivayla  Feb 5 2004, 11:20:56 PM
            • No hay problema, che! (n/t) - Magia  Feb 6 2004, 8:55:18 AM
  • listen! - Satu  Feb 4 2004, 12:32:57 PM