Now, [dZ] for [Z]

[Jonathan Lighter]

I noticed.

JL


On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 11:51 PM, Neal Whitman <nwhitman at ameritech.net>wrote:

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> Around here, in central Ohio, it's usually [gradZ]: affricate at the
> end, with syncope.
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> Neal
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> 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
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> >>> uses "gara[dZ]e(s)" and not "gara[Z]e(s)"?
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