suppose to

[Charles Doyle]

In my dialect, though, the second sibilant in the contracted "supposed to" is definitely unvoiced (probably in anticipation of the /t/ in "to," which has absorbed the /d/).

--Charlie
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>Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 07:34:02 -0800
>From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
>Subject: Re: suppose to
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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>Cf. the title of James Herndon's 1968 book on elementary-school teaching, _The Way It Spozed to Be_.
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>  JL

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>Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU> wrote:
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>And "suppose(d)" in this construction is often monosyllabic. Google gives 226,000 hits for the spelling "sposed to," 77,600 for "spose to" (some of those spellings are intended jocularly, no doubt).
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>--Charlie
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>>Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:21:23 -0500
>>From: Amy West
>>Subject: Re: suppose to
>>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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>>Yes, I noticed that popping up as well in the papers. I suspected that it was pronunciation-related, as was made clear to me.
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>>---Amy West
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>>>Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:41:01 -0500
>>>From: Beverly Flanigan
>>>Subject: suppose to
>>>
>>>This is related to the "use to" variant noted earlier (can't recall by whom). Tonight's local newspaper says: "Council was suppose to consider approving the version of the plan . . . ." Nothing surprising here; just adding to the attestations.
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