"Silver Tsunami" (first "boomer" files for Social Security)

James Smith jsmithjamessmith at YAHOO.COM
Tue Oct 16 17:32:58 UTC 2007


It's not clear what the (t) in m-w's pronunciation
means - is the 't' optional, or does this indicate
placing the tongue against the teeth but going to the
's' without pronouncing, or very weakly pronouncing,
the 't'?

--- Tom Zurinskas <truespel at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
...
>
> Does anyone pronounce the "t" in tsunami?  m-w.com
> does not pronounce it....


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                               |or slowly and cautiously.



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