J for Y (was: /zh/ replacing /dzh/?)

Mark A Mandel mam at THEWORLD.COM
Wed Sep 25 19:20:35 UTC 2002


On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, James A. Landau wrote:

<insert tongue firmly in cheek>

#The pronunciation shift of /y/ to /dzh/ is still active though incomplete in
#English, e.g.
#/'dohn joo/ for "don't you", /chren/ for "train", and /'ei sh'n/ for
#"-ation".
#
#             - Jim (Iim?) Landau

Not Landav?

-- Mark M.



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