Now, [dZ] for [Z]

[Neal Whitman]

Around here, in central Ohio, it's usually [gradZ]: affricate at the
end, with syncope.

Neal

On 1/15/2014 10:46 PM, Paul Johnston wrote:
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> I thought in America, it could be either one.  The usual British pronunciation is like "garridges".
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> 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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>> Sent from my iPhone
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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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