Re: digraphs
| From: | Lars Finsen <lars.finsen@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, July 10, 2007, 18:26 |
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Den 10. jul. 2007 kl. 18.22 skrev Mark J. Reed:
> In Latin American Spanish, there is no pronunciation difference
> between <z> and <s>; both are /s/.
Interesting. Norwegians do it the same way, though all our <z> words
are foreign. 'Zoologi' for example is /sulogi/.
>> Well, the normal is /z/.
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> By whose definition of "normal"? :)
Well, that's what it was invented for. And what I *expect* when I see
it. Allow me a little subjectivity here. Of course, apparently the
usages have diverged somewhat.
Den 10. jul. 2007 kl. 18.07 skrev Jeff Rollin:
> Hmm. "Mingus" is getting quite a lot of traction over here due to the
> fame/infamy of the third party's leader, and "Dee-el and Pascoe" is
> the name of a popular TV show, But I've always heard "MacKenzie" as
> "Mak'enzi:"
Yes, even Menzies is sometimes pronounced with a /z/ nowadays. And I
must say Mak'enzi has a tougher, more tartan-claymore-bannockburnish
ring to it than Mak'enyi, maybe that's the reason for the choice...
LEF
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