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

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 7, 2002, 9:52
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 ;))) . Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.

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Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>