Re: what if one's pronounciation sounds archaic?

Am Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:33:38 +0200 schrieb John of Aix:

zhengquan wrote:
The s in resource now is pronounced z by most people, but according to
one of my old dictionaries in the 70s, it is pronounced s.

what if I pronounced in the old way? How will others look at me...

No but as far as I'm concerned, if you pronounced it the 'new way' I
would. I pronounce it 's' and I think that is how it should be: re and
source not re and zource.

Being a German, pronouncing an s between two vowels as a z, this
sounds like a German accent, so I rather avoid it.

Joachim
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