Zhongtong bus Company

[Laurence Horn]

At 2:27 AM +0000 3/1/11, Tom Zurinskas wrote:
>I rode on a "Zhongtong" bus in the Bahamas yesterday.  It was
>interesting to see "zh" in tradspel.  I assume it's the same sound
>as in "measure" ~mezher.  The bus is made in China.
>
Probably not.  It's more likely [dZ] as in Beijing or Zhou (as
represented by different Romanization traditions).  Mandarin Chinese
doesn't actually have the fricative of "measure", as I understand.

LH

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