Jesse S. Bangs wrote:
>Roger Mills sikayal:
>
>> English words with initial /Z/ are extremely rare, generally uncommon,
and
>> almost always mangled. Ditto for medial and final /Z/ (we discussed
>> "garage" a while back).
>
>I don't think you meant to include medial /Z/ in there--medial /Z/ is well
>established and cannot alternate w/ /dZ/ in any dialect I know of. I
>don't think anyone would say "pleasure" as /plEdZr=/ (rhotic) or /plEdZ@/
>(non-rhotic).
...(pondering mightily)... I stand (actually, sit) corrected :-)