Show Take My Word ord By Frank Colby olby The Japanese word JUDO has puzzled many readers They state that they have seen the word used to designate what they think should be he called JUJITSU a l kind of wrestling The fact is judo pronounced doc doe and jujitsu jujitsu ju ju- ju- ju jitsu pronounced joo soo joo-JIT-soo JIT soo arc are one and the same designating designating designating a method of offense and defense in personal combat without weapons Judo means soft or gentle method and jujitsu an Anglicized form of the Japanese jujitsu means soft or yielding art Jujitsu is also aso spelled jiujutsu and Detroit I may be behind the times but I dont don't understand why so many speakers on the radio especially pronounce absorb absorb ab ab- and resource as as if ir they were spelled and rc- rc Do you Answer It is s a pronouncing furbelow that apparently has no explanation except that it just is And certainly no dictionary dictionary dictionary dic dic- known to me sanctions ons the z soun sound i in either of these these two imp important orrant words and their derivatives It is amazing that a speaker who will pick up such unorthodox unorthodox unorthodox dox pronunciations as and ancl will not think of consulting a a reliable dictionary diction diction- dictionary ary before adding the mispronunciations mispronunciations mispronunciations to his vocabulary I have said before and I emphasize again that one should not affect new or crotie exotic ex ex- otic otie pronunciations w wit without i t h o 0 u t first determining whether it is in strict accordance with good usage The correct pronunciations are ab ab re re |