Re: the lonely affricate
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, June 25, 1999, 14:04 |
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On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 21:10:30 -0500 Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> writes:
>Josh Roth wrote:
>> Arabic has /dZ/ but no /tS/.
>Are you sure? My Lebanese neighbor told me that, altho he liked the
>name Jennifer, he couldn't name his daughter that, as he wanted a name
>that would transfer well into English and Arabic, the reason he said
>was
>that Arabic has no /dZ/, only /Z/, so that Jennifer would start with
>/Z/. Incidentally, they named her "Lillie". Of course, he might be
>referring to his particular dialect, that is the Lebanese dialect.
>--
>AIM screen-name: NikTailor
As far as i can tell, the Syrian dialect has /Z/ instead of /dZ/ also. I
have a friend named Faraj, who if i remember correctly pronounces it
[fa'raZ]. Everyone else pronounces it that way, at least.
-Stephen (Steg)
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