[Ads-l] Trivago or Chivago?

[Herb Stahlke]

For some speakers of AmE, the /tr/ cluster palatalizes to [tS] as in
"chip," and for others, the /t/ assimilates to the retroflexion of the /r/
giving the [t,r,] sound.  The two are similar, but the retroflex has a
lower frequency oral cavity friction than the palatal.

Herb

On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 7:26 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The spokesman has recently normalized his pronunciation to "Trivago."
>
> Meanwhile, I've begun to apply his earlier pronunciation to the name
> of the appropriate presidential candidate.
>
> JL
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> > From: Joel Berson [mailto:berson at ATT.NET]=20
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 6:25 AM
> > Subject: Trivago or Chivago?
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> > Does anyone else hear the usual, frequent male spokesperson in Trivago =
> > commercials pronounce it "chivago", as in "chicken"?=EF=BF=BD (With the =
> > one or two women I've heard occasionally in their commercials, I hear =
> > "trivago", as in "trick".)
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> > I don't know whether it's my ears, my TVs, or the Trivago male.
> >
> > Joel
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