Now, [dZ] for [Z]

Paul Johnston paul.johnston at WMICH.EDU
Thu Jan 16 03:46:38 UTC 2014


I thought in America, it could be either one.  The usual British pronunciation is like "garridges".

Paul Johnston
On Jan 15, 2014, at 10:22 PM, Galen Buttitta <satorarepotenetoperarotas3 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

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> Does he have an American or a British accent? (Or neither?)
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>> On Jan 15, 2014, at 21:13, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>> Has anyone else noticed that the voice-overer in the current Cadillac ad
>> uses "gara[dZ]e(s)" and not "gara[Z]e(s)"?
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