greasy/greazy question

[Dennis R. Preston]

>Nope. Got /s/ in Vaseline and /z/ (like all standard speakers) in greasy.


dInIs



>Does your pronunciation of the sibilant in Vaseline mirror your use of [s]
>or [z] in greasy?
>
>I'm seeing a correlation, but right now I've only got one data point from
>above the greasy/greazy isogloss (me) and one data point from below (Ben).
>
>Thanks.
>
>-- Steve

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