Sibilant voicing in American English

[Elizabeth J. Pyatt]

As far as I know, the "s" in mis- (e.g. mismatch) is always voiceless /s/.

Elizabeth Pyatt

At 12:00 AM -0600 12/3/08, SEELANGS automatic digest system wrote:
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>Date:    Wed, 3 Dec 2008 00:32:25 -0500
>From:    Jindrich Toman <ptydepe at UMICH.EDU>
>Subject: Re: Sibilant voicing in American English
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>I am occasionally wondering about "s" in the prefix mis- (in words like
>mismatch), but not being a native speaker... JT
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>On 3.12.2008 0:17, "Paul B. Gallagher" <paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM> wrote:
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>>  Dear friends,
>>
>>  I've been putting together a collection of words where the sibilants /s/
>>  and / É/ ("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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