Re: Bostonites. *ZAP*
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, March 16, 1999, 19:06 |
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Brian Betty wrote:
> It probably was in an older period, when the J was still pronounced /Z/.
I'm sure it was, hence the /tS/ in Modern English. But I was wondering
about the vowel, whether it was lonja or lunja.
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