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From: rte@elmo.lz.att.com (Ralph T. Edwards)
Subject: Re: Mozart
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In article <173991359B.C1737016@UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU>,
C1737016@UMSLVMA.UMSL.EDU wrote:

> In 'Mozart', 'Mozarabic', 'scherzo', 'schizophrenia' and other terms the
'z' is
> pronounced 'ts'. Is there a name for this 'z'? Any info will be appreciated.
>  

Well the Germans call it /tsEt/, which I suppose they'd spell as Zett, if
they were inclined to spell it out.  The Greeks call it Zeta, ancient
greek /dze:ta/
I think.  Not sure of the voicing though.  May have been ambiguous. 
What's the modern Greek?  Don't know what the Italians call it.  In any
case /ts/dz/ is the original value for this letter in Greek and Latin.  I
presume its use in Latin was mainly to spell Greek words.

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R.T.Edwards rte@elmo.att.com 908 576-3031
