[Ads-l] Trivago or Chivago?

[Joel Berson]

Minimal triplet?  (Not quite?)  As useful as merry/marry/Mary?

Joel


      From: "Paul A Johnston, Jr" <paul.johnston at WMICH.EDU>
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 Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2016 4:55 PM
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Well, you can always use Trivago to find a hotel in Chicago to see a production of Dr. Zhivago.


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> For some speakers of AmE, the /tr/ cluster palatalizes to [tS] as in
> "chip," and for others, the /t/ assimilates to the retroflexion of
> the /r/
> giving the [t,r,] sound.  The two are similar, but the retroflex has
> a
> lower frequency oral cavity friction than the palatal.
> 
> Herb
> 
> On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 7:26 AM, Jonathan Lighter
> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > The spokesman has recently normalized his pronunciation to
> > "Trivago."
> >
> > Meanwhile, I've begun to apply his earlier pronunciation to the
> > name
> > of the appropriate presidential candidate.
> >
> > JL
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> > On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 6:54 PM, Nancy Friedman
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> > > "Ask your doctor about Zhivago."
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Joel Berson [mailto:berson at ATT.NET]=20
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 6:25 AM
> > > Subject: Trivago or Chivago?
> > >
> > > Does anyone else hear the usual, frequent male spokesperson in
> > > Trivago =
> > > commercials pronounce it "chivago", as in "chicken"?=EF=BF=BD
> > > (With the =
> > > one or two women I've heard occasionally in their commercials, I
> > > hear =
> > > "trivago", as in "trick".)
> > >
> > > I don't know whether it's my ears, my TVs, or the Trivago male.
> > >
> > > Joel
> > >
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