Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 10:04:33 CDT

From: Mike Picone MPICONE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UA1VM.UA.EDU

Subject: Re: Greasy et al.



Someone called the s-ful pronunciation of _visa_ the "Romance

pronunciation." Just for the record, this is inaccurate. In Spanish,

the pronunciation is indeed usually s-ful, but there are exceptions:

intervocalic s z in parts of Ecuador; s h for some Cuban speakers.

However, French _visa_ is always z-ful. In Italian, there is

variation between s and z intervocalically, depending upon region and

individual speech habits.



Mike Picone

University of Alabama

MPICONE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UA1VM.UA.EDU