"fission" with -zh-?

[Barbara Need]

I guess that explains my choice with Z--I was born in Oak Ridge. My
father was a nuclear physicist.

Barbara

(To be fair, my speech does not ordinarily show signs of OR--I left at
3 mos. Probably the fact of my father's profession made a stronger
contribution!)

Barbara Need
Ithaca

On 21 Mar 2011, at 12:23 AM, Neal Whitman wrote:

> The commenters on this blog post, from various regions (including
> Oak Ridge,
> Tennessee) favor "fission" with a voiced fricative.
> http://literalminded.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/nuclear-contamination/
>
> Neal Whitman

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