Date:  Wed, 12 Nov 1997 16:20:47 -0700
From:  bruce dwight bolinging <bboling[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UNM.EDU>
Subject: Re: Wednesday with a [d]

On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, David A. Johns wrote:

> Does anyone know if the "d" in "Wednesday" is routinely pronounced
> anywhere in the English speaking world?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> David Johns
> Waycross College
> Waycross, GA 31501
>
   The ordinary pronunciation of Wednesday in Ireland (both in the
Republic and in Ulster) retains the [d] as an unreleased consonant,
followed by a vocalic [n]: Ulster [wEdnzde], Republic [wEdnzdi].

   Bruce D. Boling
   University of New Mexico
   bboling[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]unm.edu