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Should be:
"Just" I pronounce like "jist"...
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No, d and j are completely different consonants. D is a voiced stop, while j is a fricative. dʒ does indeed have a a d sound, but a pure j does not.
Washington, do you pronounce the first syllable of "Justin" differently than "just"?
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Yes: Jestin; jist (stressed: juhst)
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j = /dʒ/ = dzh
J in English is an affricate, so it begins with a stop (d) and then finishes with a fricative (ʒ, like the 'z' in azure or the 's' in Asia). It's the voiced version of ch.
"How else could it be pronounced?"
Where I am from, the "cut" vowel is used most.
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General American [dʒʌst]
General American according to Phonetic Symbol Guide [dʒɨst]*
Southern US, NYC [dʒəst]
RP, Canadian [dʒɐst]
Cockney, Australia [dʒast]
New Zealand [dʒɪst]
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*''Word with a shwa that is pronounced somewhat higher than the mid line.'' Page 86 of the ''Phonetic Symbol Guide'' 2nd ed, by The University of Chicago Press.
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@Kelly: can you translate your post into XSAMPA or fauxnetics? IPA symbols are not viewable on my browser.
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I don't know what the symbols mean but Justin is a heritage name in my family. We have 4 generations of that name.
We are from the SW US; we pronounce it juhs tun.
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...honestly, i think a lot of americans (maybe even the majority? can we get a show of hands?) pronounce just as [dʒʌs].
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I pronounce it [ʒʌst]. I really don't understand why people keep sticking a d in it. Can someone supply a sound file of it being pronounced with a d?
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>> I pronounce it [ʒʌst] <<
I'm most certainly sure that you don't. [ʒ] is the "zh" sound--as in the "s" in the word "Asia". Unless you're French, I'm sure you don't use [ʒ].
What you mean is that you use [ʤ]. [ʤ] is the ligature for that sound. You can also you a bar to tie the d and the ʒ together, or just write a d followed by a ʒ, which is what many people did above. This sound is an affricate.
According to Wikipedia: "Affricates are consonants that begin as stops (most often an alveolar, such as [t] or [d]) but release as a fricative (such as [s] or [z] or occasionally into a fricative trill) rather than directly into the following vowel."
>> RP, Canadian [dʒɐst] <<
No, CE uses the same vowel as General American.
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>> RP, Canadian [dʒɐst] <<
No, CE uses the same vowel as General American.
//Are you sure, here are the formant frequencies for you to compare:
Mean F1 of the stressed vowel in ''study, mother, bud, just'' by dialect:
Pittsburgh--------------787
Eastern New England--768
RP------------------------754
Atlantic Provinces------746
Providence--------------736
Canada------------------736
Cincinnati--------------730
Western New England-728
Boston----------------- 727
St. Louis---------------726
Western Pennsylvania-725
Florida-----------------723
Middle Atlantic---------721
West--------------------712
Charleston--------------712
Inland North------------706
North-------------------701.4
Midland-----------------695
NYC---------------------692
South-------------------687
Texas South------------673
Inland South-----------664
Mean values of low vowels for 20 dialects. PI = Pittsburgh; WPA = Western Pennsylvania; CA = Canada; PR = Providence; S = Inland South; M = Midland; IN = Inland North.
by Professor Labov
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