Re: CHAT: IPA Question

On Wednesday 29 January 2003 5:51 pm, John Cowan wrote:
> Tristan scripsit:
> > >>You, presumably, haven't heard of one George W. Bush, or the people who
> > >>voted him in.
> > >
> > >Who, us?  We didn't vote for him.
> >
> > You could've, I couldn't've.
>
> I personally could have.  The American people did not.
>
> > >Hey, I've managed to cope with [kur\dZEt] for "zucchini".
> >
> > [kur\dZEt]? Sounds... odd...
>
> Conventionally spelled "courgette", a green variety of squash.
>
Hmmm...I pronounce that /kOZEt/...closer to French...