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"Zeitgeist" seems like a bug, I've never heard anyone pronounce the leading 'z' as 'ˈts' in English, and doing so as a non-German might even be seen as 'over-pr
by YurgenJurgensen 4y ago
"Zeitgeist" seems like a bug, I've never heard anyone pronounce the leading 'z' as 'ˈts' in English, and doing so as a non-German might even be seen as 'over-pronuciation'.
- eesmith 4y agohttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zeitgeist#Pronunciation https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zeitgeist#Pronunciation gives two pronunciations: Pronunciation (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈtsaɪtˌɡaɪst/, /ˈzaɪtˌɡaɪst/ https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zeitgeist https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zeitgeist also gives two: ˈtsīt-ˌgīst ˈzīt- I tried to get statistics from listening to https://youglish.com/pronounce/zeitgeist/english https://youglish.com/pronounce/zeitgeist/english? but found I have a hard time distinguishing the two forms.