Sibilant voicing in American English

[Jindrich Toman]

I am occasionally wondering about "s" in the prefix mis- (in words like
mismatch), but not being a native speaker... JT


On 3.12.2008 0:17, "Paul B. Gallagher" <paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM> wrote:

> Dear friends,
> 
> I've been putting together a collection of words where the sibilants /s/
> and /ʃ/ ("sh") have recently become voiced in American English.
> 
> Here are a few examples (sorry if they make you wince):
> cazhmere (wool)
> (nuclear) fision
> 
> Obviously, "possess" (cf. French posseder) has had a /z/ for a long
> time, but I don't know how long; I'm interested in 20th-century or later
> shifts.
> 
> Isolated morphemes seem to be more susceptible; paradigms like
> fishes/fished/fishing are apparently immune.
> 
> Can anyone add to my collection?
> 
> Private replies welcome, all replies accepted.

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