slang - Is it "D.J.," "DJ," or "deejay"? - English Language & Usage ...
The same source, though, uses a different spelling in another article: "after having spent 30 years as an entertainment industry functionary — as a D.J., promoter and record label exec." The …
"zh" vs. "j". Are these pronounced in the same way?
2012年10月8日 · The "j" sound is two IPA symbols because it is a combination of two sounds, [d] (as in "dog") and [ʒ]; [dʒ] occurs at the beginning of the word "jock" [dʒɔk]. The "zh" and "j" …
Should there be a space between name initials?
His room was very messy, but D.J. loved his room. ref. I think that authors can choose whichever they want. Perhaps we should respect a real person's own preference, e.g. Charlie or Charley …
Since when has "J" been sounding like [dʒ] and no longer "Y"
2016年1月24日 · The letter J in English has always been pronounced the same way since it was introduced. It replaced the Old English letters cg which had the same sound: In English, j most …
history - If the letter J is only 400–500 years old, was there a J ...
2014年1月29日 · (English also has many [dʒ] sounds spelled with J which come from native Germanic roots.) You can see this history worked out differently in the spelling systems of …
Is there a sound name for 's', 'z', 'sh', 'ch' and 'j'
2013年5月15日 · j: /dʒ/ voiced post-alveolar affricate; There’s also the terminal sound in a word like luge (the tobogganing sport): /ʒ/ voiced post-alveolar fricative [that is, related to /ʃ/] …
pronunciation - Why is J often used to represent a "Y" sound in ...
If an English speaker is learning a foreign lanaguage it's mostly likely to be French, German or Spanish. In none of these is J routinely pronounced as in English. The only difference is that …
Why is the J in "hallelujah" not pronounced as /dʒ/, but as /j/?
2020年3月23日 · Even though the modern French pronunciation of the letter "J" is /ʒ/ rather than /dʒ/, it is thought that an earlier intermediate stage of the /j/ to /ʒ/ change was /dʒ/ (as in …
What are the conventional words for characters (A-Z)?
D as in David; E as in Edward; F as in Frank; G as in George; H as in Henry; I as in Ida; J as in John; K as in King; L as in Lincoln; M as in Mary; N as in Nora; O as in Ocean; P as in Paul; Q …
Is "I'd've" proper use of the English language?
2010年8月13日 · You'd of thought he'd of laughed, wouldn't you? (S. Lewis, 1920) You'd of thought I'd robbed the Crown Jewels, the way she acted (T. Sturgeon, 1958) Another way is to …