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Re: VW (was: Digest 2 Apr)

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Friday, April 6, 2001, 5:05
CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>Another example is when people pronounce the final word in the expression >"coup >de grace" as [gra], even though the correct French pronunciation, [gras], >is >closer to the that of the nativized English word "grace" [greIs]. They >seemed >to have learned that final consonant sounds get dropped in French, and so >they >apply this rule even in contexts where they shouldn't.
I frequently hear English speakers where I live pronounce Cesar Chavez' name as /ShavEz/, when the ch should be /tS/.