Re: digraphs
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, July 9, 2007, 13:37 |
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On 7/9/07, caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> wrote:
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> >lars Finsen <lars.finsen@...> wrote:
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> >...though z for /T/ is perhaps a little strange, but other strange
> >uses for the z are known....
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> Not so strange at all. Those who know Spanish know that that is how
> <z> is pronounced in Castilian Spanish. I love the
> word "zarzuela," /Ta4T_wela/.
I love the sound of the name Zaragoza [Ta4a'GoTa] myself. I can just repeat
it over and over...
Still, <z> for /T/ is at least weirder than Lars's other example of German.
My Deutsch is rusty, but doesn't <z> represent /ts/? That seems pretty
normal to me.
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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