Re: [tied] Re: Portuguese X

Right.

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From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal <mcv@...>
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Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Mercury and lead


> On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 16:07:35 -0000, MCLSSAA2@... wrote:
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> >How common is Portuguese pronouncing "s" as "sh"? E.g. I once saw a TV
> >holiday program about Cascais do Estoril; the English-speaking
> >commentator persistently pronounced it "Cashcaish do Eshtoril", but he
> >never said "sh" for "s" anywhere when talking English.
>
> In most of Portugal (except possibly the North), Rio de Janeiro and
> some other parts on the Brazilian coast, /s/ becomes /s^/ before a
> voiceless consonant or in word-final position (e.g. /kaskais/ >
> /kas^kais^/. Before a voiced consonant, we have /z^/ in the same area
> (e.g. /mEzmu/ > /mEz^mu/). Written <x> and <ch> are pronounced /s^/
> everywhere (except possibly in the North, where <ch> is /c^/).
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