and Bar-tha-lona

Says who?

The official name of the island is in Catalan Eivissa (pronounced [əjˈvisə]). Its name in Spanish is Ibiza (pronounced [iˈβiθa]). In British English, the name is usually pronounced in an approximation of the Spanish /aɪˈbiːθə/, whereas in American English the pronunciation is closer to Latin American Spanish (/ɪˈbiːzə/, /iːˈbiːsə/.

See that's interesting because I was reading recently that in Catalan, the language of Catalonia where Barcelona is, they pronounce it Bar-se-lona, but I can also find a lot of people online saying Bar-tha-lona. I've never met a native Barcelonan to confirm which is right. Might need to book a holiday and settle it for myself...

I say for something as obscure as some isle of the coast of Spain, simply pronounce so someone can spell it and google it.

Not eye-beef-er?

Googling is cheaper and easier but travelling is more fun

tra-thvel-ling

I watched 2 Spanish films this week, The Invisible Guest and The Bar. In Guest 2 characters pronounce it Barthelona, and in The Bar a guy talks on the phone to someone named Thethelia, which was subtitled as Cecelia, so I think there is something in this...