Canadian pronunciation of Javascript

American   Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:05 pm GMT
Is /dZ{v@skrIpt/ the standard pronunciation in Canadian English? I was watching some videos of someone from Mozilla that sounded like he had Canadian raising of /aU/ and /aI/, and he consistently pronounced it like that rather than as /dZQv@skrIpt/
.   Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:59 pm GMT
http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=javascript&submit=Submit


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OK, I know this reply is not particularly relevant. I was just curious to see dz representing 'j', because this is how dz sounds in Polish.


dʒ giant, joy, edge

j yes, hallelujah


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English
american   Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:10 am GMT
dZ is the XSAMPA way of indicating the j sound. XSAMPA is an ASCII representation of IPA.
feati   Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:22 am GMT
From the Wikipedia page about Canadian English:

<<Loanwords that have a low central vowel in their language of origin, such as llama, pasta, and pyjamas, as well as place names like Gaza, tend to have /æ/ rather than /ɑ/ (which is the same as /ɒ/ due to the father-bother merger, see below); this also applies to older loans like drama.>>

So, yeah, looks like this pronounciation is standard in most of Canada.
American   Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:45 am GMT
Weird. So I guess Java would be Jaevuh instead of Jawvuh.