Re: Lingwa de Planeta (LdP) introductory course

On 8/5/07, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com <MorphemeAddict@...> wrote:
> In a message dated 8/4/2007 10:38:45 AM Central Daylight Time,
> lingwadeplaneta@YAHOO.COM writes:
>
> > Just one more remark. In the Russian "delat'" the first "d" is
> > palatalized, and in fact what is pronounced is [dz'elat'].
>
> No, there is no 'z' component in standard modern Russian "delat'".
> There is such a component in Belorusian, but it's spelled 'dz', too.
FWIW, I heard a "z" in palatalised d' when I learned Russian
(briefly), too (e.g. I distinctly remember the word for "refrigerator"
to have what sounded like /dz/ to me at the time -- possibly [dz']).

I don't know where our instructor was from, though.

Cheers,
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>