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Re: syllable importance

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Thursday, February 19, 2004, 19:14
Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:

> At 14:59 19.2.2004, Steg Belsky wrote: > >> Interesting... because "frazbazzlest" sounds perfectly fine to me. To >> be specific, it sounds like some silly (but perfectly legal) >> pseudo-HipHop adjective in a television commercial. "It's the >> frazbazzlest!" >> >> >> -Stephen (Steg) >> "shizzle my nizzle" > > > Is it only I who tend to read _zz_ as /ts/ even in > an English context? Too much Italian in my backpack > I'm sure. > >
I doubt a native English speaker would read it as such, but an Italian could well, I'm sure, as could a foreigner who studied Italian, or even German.