[alt-photo] Re: voiced fricatives

[Judy Seigel]

Thanks to Loris and Louis de Stoutz for their comments --- which sort of 
made my day (tho admitttedly a day so drab is easily improved).

However, this francophonia stuff, as in "jineocology" is unlikely to 
persuade many locals:  It suggests a study of Irish boosterism, which 
is not a big topic (or not lately).

best,

Judy

On Wed, 13 Jan 2010, Loris Medici wrote:

> Hi Judy, how about gymnasium? It's the first letter but is pronounced with
> the soft g... BTW, being (almost a native) francophone, no one will be able
> to have me pronounce gynecology with the hard g, it's just absolutely
> impossible for me. Your (hard g) pronounciation sound so wrong to my ears
> that I'd prefer to pronounce it in the "wrong" way (to your American ears I
> mean), with a soft g... :)
>
> Regards,
> Loris.
>
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> On Tue, 12 Jan 2010, Loris Medici wrote:
>
> ...
> However, for what it's worth, in English, the "y" after the "g" makes the g
> soft, as in gyroscope, tho not, for instance, in gynecology (if you want an
> argument). Tho that could be because it's the first letter in the word,
> which can break the rule.
> ...
>
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