old pronunciation of "Los Angeles"

[Mark Mandel]

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> When I naively suggested, some years ago**, that a / g / * in the middle of
> a


* Insert ... ~"sounded bizarre"?


> straightforwardly English pronunciation of "Los Angeles," Wilson observed
> that both the / g / and the now universal / J / (if you see what I mean)
> sounded normal to him.


**See archive, 2005-06-25<http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ADS-L;BQQnSQ;200506250817390700D>
(and
next<http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ADS-L;DmqXww;200506261300550400D>,
pointing back to
this<http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ADS-L;2mIkMA;199909271816420400D>,
thanks
to Ben<http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ADS-L;HdDKPA;200506261339470400D>
).
 m a m

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