sz
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This is Siesta of a Hungarian Snake: s sz sz SZ sz SZ sz Zs zs Zs zs zs z Morgan was born into a middle-class family in Hyndland, in Glasgow's west end.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2010
It sounded like the sz that means “die.”
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
In the silence the voice of Yachkovich is heard with increasing shrillness; not having a front tooth, whenever he has to pronounce sz, he utters a prolonged hiss.
From Hania by Henryk Sienkiewicz
English Sounds. c ts ch h cz ch rz r followed by the French j sz sh szcz shch w v ż j In this transliteration ch retains its ordinary English sound.
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
A very frequent combination in Hungarian names, that of sz is really the same as our ss; while s without the z is pronounced sh.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 by Various
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