Date:    Wed, 11 Feb 1998 10:56:23 -0500
<br>From:    "Jeutonne P. Brewer"  jpbrewer[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HAMLET.UNCG.EDU 
<br>Subject: Re: Japan(ese)
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<br>  Does this mean that are places in the US that say Japanese with an "s"
<br>  rather than a "z"?
<br> 
<br>  Danny Long
<br> 
<br>  Jeutonne P. Brewer wrote:
<br>    Japanese is one of those words in which you can the the "greasy"/"greazy"
<br>    distinction. Using Japan as the adjectival form would be a way of
<br>    avoiding the dialectal distinction. Just a thought.
<br>
<br>Sorry my message wasn't clear; I shouldn't write late in the evening.
<br>
<br>Yes, I'm (trying to) state that "Japanese" and "Japaneze" pronciations
<br>occur. It reminds me of the same kind of thing that happened with
<br>the word Vietnamese in the 60s and 70s.
<br>
<br>Jeutonne Brewer
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