Pronunciation of "just"

I tend to pronounce "just" as /dzʌst/ rather than /dʒʌst/. What you think of that? And this occurs also when I'm not stressing the word.

Sorry, can't read your symbols, but I pronounce just as /dZ@st/

If you don't know the IPA, here is some help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_English_pronunciation_key

So you pronounce it like "zest" except with a different vowel? That's rather bizarre. If I were listening to you, and you pronounced it that way, I don't think I'd know what you meant without a lot of context.

"So you pronounce it like "zest" except with a different vowel?"

No. I do pronounce the d: I say /dzʌst/.

I thought English lacked initial /dz/. Obviously you are not a native speaker.

How does dz differ from z?

The word kids has /dz/. Biz (as in business) has /z/.

I'm curious! I guess you don't says /dzʌst/.
Post your voice here for us to hear and evaluate.

The 'dz' sounds strange to me. I'd stick with the 'dZ.'

I've heard people use initial /dz/ but it's not very common. Now that I think about it, it's usually a young child who would use it in place of /dʒ/.

Just as in regular J. (the J sound as in Jam and Joe!)

I don't understand why the sound is being given as /dʒ/. There's no d in "just".

My first name is Justin, I'm American and over the years I've noticed some people pronounce my name oddly. Some people pronounce it almost like "Jestin" or "Dyestin". The only person I remember in particular was aa kid I went to school with - he was from Alaska, not sure if that had anything to do with it. I've noticed that older people seem to say it more like that too - the same generation of people that pronounce Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday as "Mundee" "Toosdee" "Wendsdee." Again, not entirely sure what the group is, but I don't think it's that uncommon, just pronunciation.

And, to Another Guest, there can indeed be a d sound in J. J is pretty much the combination of Dy.

Even closer than dy is dzh (where zh is like the "s" in Asia).

I pronounce Justin as "Jestin". How else could it be pronounced? "Just" I pronounce like "just", except when I emphasize it in which case I pronounce it with the CUT vowel.