Oh those booths

[R. M. Cleminson]

If you look at the recent posts by Charles Mills, Paul Gallagher and Jules Levin, it is clear that whatever the actual articulation, the perception by native speakers is [buːðz] rather than [buːðs] (and, as another native speaker, I can confirm that that is what I believe I say and hear).  Therefore I would strongly recommend using that form.

It seems a reasonable inference that the book is describing a variant of English in which the final consonant of the singular form is voiced.  But -- and I would ask speakers of other variants of English here to comment, as I have only heard the unvoiced variant once -- does the form [buːθ] actually exist?  Or is it in fact [buθ]?

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Od: "Goloviznin Konstantin" <kottcoos at GMAIL.COM>
Komu: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Odoslané: štvrtok, 2. február 2012 9:47:21
Predmet: Re: [SEELANGS] Oh those booths

BTW, I forgot to ask some question. I have recompiled some book on
English, not mine. This book has the variant of [buːðs]. May I leave
it as it is or better  replace with [buːðz] or [buːθs]?



2012/2/1, Goloviznin Konstantin <kottcoos at gmail.com>:
> Thank you all a lot for replies. It was much of use.
>
> Konstantin.
>

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