Pronounciation help: "du" and "zu"
 

I am asking this for a friend.

My friend asked me if the pronnounciation for づ and ず were the same.

Obviously, I didn't know, so I thought I'd ask here.

Anyone know? (I'm pretty sure a lot of people here do, but it sounded polite to ask)

They sound exactly the same. :)

Ive never seen anyone use づ　before??! dont do this to me now wtf..

It's possible to use it, I've just never done it.

Knock yourself out

so its interchangable with ず　basicly?

Don't do that to me dude.. scared the crap outta me.

Oh, I remember now.

づ used to sound like "dzu". The pronunciation is now "zu", but it's still "dzu" in some places such as Osaka.

ありがとう Keaton

Oh, and he also wants to know what character brackets are 「like this」

Honestly, I don't know what they're used for either.

Anytime, Pink. And those brackets are quotation marks

Again, things Keaton ^^

Oops, double post and mistyped. Check above!