/zh/ replacing /dzh/?

[Alice Faber]

Douglas Bigham said:
>"Beijing" and "Elijah" with /dzh/ sound as funny to me as "garage" does with
>it.  I would laugh and point.  Weezer say "garage" with a /dzh/ and it
>supposed to be funny.  I laugh and point.

Well, of course, the right way to say Elijah has neither /zh/ nor
/dzh/...but I don't think I've ever heard a non-affricated English
pronunciation. Garage with /dzh/ strikes me as a Britishism
(Britishcism?).
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