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Re: y sound

From:Chris Bates <christopher.bates@...>
Date:Thursday, April 17, 2003, 23:36
http://esl.about.com/library/listening/blIPAconsonants.htm A quick
search on google found that for you, the big looking s, an integration
sign if you do maths, is how you represent sh, and the symbol below that
is the zh sign.

>> >> An english j is not one sound, it is a combination of two sounds, d and >> what english writes as zh (Z). French uses j to represent the sound >> english writes zh (Z). Try saying d and zh very quickly one after the >> other til they merge together and you'll have an english j. An english >> ch is t + sh (tS) the same but unvoiced. >> >> > How does the IPA write zh though? just /zh/? Also, how does it write z? > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail >