-SS -> -ST?

[Benjamin Barrett]

One more item I remembered last night is hearse -> hearst. My sister
drove a hearse a few years back (as her regular car) and was
surprised at the number of people who asked her about her "hearst".
As I recall, it was only her telling me about all the wrong
pronunciations that prevented me from doing the same.

Benjamin Barrett
a cyberbreath for language life
livinglanguages.wordpress.com

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