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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
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a sibilant speech sound (as English \s\, \z\, \sh\, \zh\, \ch(=tsh)\, or \j(=dzh)\)

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00a sibilant speech sound (as English \s\, \z\, \sh\, \zh\, \ch(=tsh)\, or \j(=dzh)\)02br
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0 Merriam-Webster uses the convention of enclosing phonetic transcriptions in back slashes.02br
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