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Originally Posted by Ducay
Wait, what? How are we pronouncing tsunami and tzar wrong? Isn't the "T" in those words nearly silent (or pronounced as a quick inflection to the Z/S)
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Actually no, the T isn't silent in the native tongue. You know those funky Chinese last names like "Tse" or "Tsang". It's not actually pronounced "See" or "Sang". It's literally a "ts" sound. So think of the last part of a word like "beats", but take out the "bea" part. That's the sound you're supposed to be pronouncing.
And yes, I'm more talking about Cantonese than Mandarin.
Oh and I apologize for totally derailing this thread.