In American English that is not entirely the case. We do not say
Sebra for Zebra, nor do we say Sulu for Zulu. The distinction may
be slight, but there is a difference.
Just say'n'.
Steve Thompson
On 3/17/2023 4:34 PM, Bob Bridges wrote:
In English the letter 'z' is a voiced 's'.
I believe the Italians pronounce it 'ts' like the Germans.
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Bernd Oppolzer
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not exactly "six" ... more like "tsix", the first letter sounds like a Z in
Germany, a letter T followed by a letter S.
It comes to my mind that most other languages don't pronounce the letter Z this
way, only we Germans do ... the other (like French and English) simply say S.
For example zebra. How do you pronounce it? The word is the same in all three
languages, I guess ...
We say t-s-ebra.
--- Am 17.03.2023 um 20:36 schrieb René Jansen:
I’ve heard Germans say ‘six’; in Dutch we say ‘kicks’ like the Brits.
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