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Re: Rio de Janeiro (was: Re: Hello)

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 7, 2002, 11:50
 --- Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> wrote:



> En réponse à Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>:
> > That's the way it is often pronounced, especially in the cities.
> In this case, I'd rather see it as a case of assimilation with the preceeding
> voiceless [t]. "Tot ziens!" is usually pronounced fast as one entity, and
> progressive assimilation is far from an unknown phenomenon in Dutch ;))) .
Perhaps. Anyway, within 10 minutes I'm leaving for France for a few days. I'll be back on Monday. Tot ziens, Jan ===== "Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com