"Fizhure"

[Douglas G. Wilson]

Recently I heard a formal presentation by a learned professional,
apparently a native (US-type) English speaker, in which "fissure" was
repeatedly pronounced /fIZ at r/ rather than /fIS at r/.

I guess this is analogous to the /fIZ at n/ pronunciation of "fission"
which we discussed a while back.

MW3 doesn't show the /Z/ option for "fissure", although it does for
"fission" and for "scissure".

I suppose maybe "fissure" has followed "fission" (I think "scissure" is
probably too uncommon a word to have any effect).

-- Doug Wilson

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