Re: Woody or tinny?

Andrew Chaney wrote:
>
> on 5/21/01 0:08, Robert Hailman at robert@APEXWOOD.COM wrote:
>
> > Eric Christopherson wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 02:21:34PM -0400, Oskar Gudlaugsson wrote:
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> >>> As for "genre", I hate it because a) it's one of the few, if not the only,
> >>> word with an initial /Z/,
> >> [snip]
> >>
> >> Hmm, interesting point. Hadn't thought of that.
> >
> > Hmm. Interesting indeed, although I hear it beginning with /dZ/ often
> > enough. That pronunciation *really* grates on me...
>
> Egads -- that is bad.  As if the /Z/ weren't bad enough...
Well, what bothers me most about "genre" when pronounced with /Z/ is the
nasal vowel - I don't really care for the nasal vowels in French.

Then again, it bothers me when people don't use it. Kind of a paradox.
Needless to say, I don't say "genre" very often.

I've heard /dZOnr=/, which is something I'd really like to forget.

I'll join the chorus of people who like /Z/, but I'll admit that it can
be sub-par in certain contexts.

--
Robert

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