Japanese has the "TS" sound, as in "tsunami." I think the Z is a Z.
Joel Wilcox
Iowa City, Iowa 52245
At 02:07 PM 4/21/2000 +0000, you wrote:
>At 16:54 4/21/00 , Boris wrote:
>>that it is like the one in German as in Zug (it is something like ts
>>pronounced very fast, there is no equivalent in English)
>
>I can help with the English speaking (as a first language) members getting
>closer to a proper pronunciation of "Z" auf Deutsch. The best help came
>from a German teacher who told us it is close to an English "TS" sound
>using the tip of the tongue on the roof of the mouth just behind the front
>teeth . . . versus the English version of "Z" . . . a buzzing sound more
>from the middle of the tongue against the roof of the mouth. Don't know if
>this applies to the proper pronuciation of "Zuiko" or not.
>
>-- John
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