Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id hBI0bum07547; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 19:37:56 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 19:37:56 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <BC0722F2.9015%applepie@minos.ocn.ne.jp> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: $B9b66!!H~DE;R( <applepie@minos.ocn.ne.jp> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9728] voiced or unvoiced S, pronunciation of sword. X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 738 Lines: 21 Hello, list members, In the words "sword, swordsman" "w" isn't pronounced, or so it says in the dictionaries. The dictionaries give a special caution as to its pronunciation, saying "w" sound is not pronounced. One of the NHK English programs says there is a trend in which "w" is pronounced, especially in American English. How true is it? What is your observation? Is there any recent research on this? I have also observed and been hearing "dogs, please, trees" pronounced with the last "S" sounds unvoiced. I know sometimes it's kind of hard to say dogZ. DogS , unvoiced consonant is easier, but I hear more and more professional narrators on the tapes and CDs say treeS instead of treeZ. Is this another trend? Mitsuko Japan
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