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Ryanshim4000 Posted 15 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Masks
can someone please tell me how "masks" is pronounced? cause whenever I say it the "s "sounds separated from mask. Thanks!
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masks, tasks, asks etc: you don't pronoucne /k/. Instead you hear a long s, which is transcribed as s:
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raindoctormasks, tasks, asks etc: you don't pronoucne /k/. Instead you hear a long s, which is transcribed as s:I do pronounce the /k/ in "masks". If I didn't, I would be pronouncing
"mass", which is a different word, and pronounced differently.
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AlpheccaStarsI agree with you. There are many people who don't pronounce k, yeraindoctormasks, tasks, asks etc: you don't pronoucne /k/. Instead you hear a long s, which is transcribed as s:I do pronounce the /k/ in "masks". If I didn't, I would be pronouncing"mass", which is a different word, and pronounced differently.
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