"Fizhure"

[Tom Zurinskas]

For "fissure" I would have assumed ~fizher rather than ~fisher personally.  But m-w.com and thefreedictionary.com have ~fisher.  (UK says ~fishu with ~u as "uh")


Tom Zurinskas, first Ct 20 yrs, then Tn 3, NJ 33, Fl 9.
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> Sender: American Dialect Society
> Poster: "Douglas G. Wilson"
> Subject: "Fizhure"
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> 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/.
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> I guess this is analogous to the /fIZ at n/ pronunciation of "fission"
> which we discussed a while back.
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> MW3 doesn't show the /Z/ option for "fissure", although it does for
> "fission" and for "scissure".
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> I suppose maybe "fissure" has followed "fission" (I think "scissure" is
> probably too uncommon a word to have any effect).
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> -- Doug Wilson
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