On 7/13/07, Colin Guthrie <gmane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I reckon it should be pronounced "zah-jah" in English. (the same Z sound
as in Xavier)....
I wouldn't listen to the Americans in San Fran..... Americans always
pronounce English in a weird and colourful way.... (and yes, colourful
has a U in it..... get that right too!!!)
:p
Col
I actually agree with Colin on part one and 2(a) of his
message.... for the most part. I wouldn't enunciate a "hard J" on the
second syllable, though, rather trading it for a 'zh' sound.
Immediately upon reading it, I considered it to sound like ZAH-zhah.
With regards to 2a, I agree that my fellow Americans over on the
west coast, specifically San Francisco, speak a bit different than
those of us in the northeast. Nowhere near as different as the south,
but that's not the point.
On points 2b and 2c ("Americans always pronounce English in a
weird and colourful way," and, "yes, colourful has a U in it,"
respectively), I don't completely agree. Sure, we bastardized the
language a bit, but considering Europeans bastardized it from Germanic
in the first place, it's only fair. ;-P
And to you, yes, "colourful" has a U in it. Well, guess what....
it does for us, too! Just not in the "color" part, but rather the
"ful" part. So there!
Finally, since I'm already off-topic, I may as well at least
commend our more eastern friends (read: non-American English speakers)
on understanding the difference between - and correctly using - the
words "theatre" versus "theater," and "centre" versus "center"
correctly.
</soapbox>
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