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Teo Posted 20 years ago
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mouses

1b00Houses02b00 is pronounced as [houziz].02br
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00How is01b00 mouses02b00 pronounced, [mouziz] or [mousiz]?0-
  

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0If I'm not wrong, there doesn't exist the word "mouses" because the plural form of "mouse" is "mice" [mais].02br
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00Hope it helps.02br
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00Kathy0-
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0 When 01b00a mouse 02b00refers to 01i00a small object that you move in order to do things on a computer screen, 02i00its plural form can be 01b00mice02b00 or01b00 mouses.02b00 0-
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0See your point now. Then, I believe the correct pronunciation is [mauziz]. By the way, I'm not a native English speaker. Guess it's better to let them tell you how they pronounce this plural form.02br
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00Cheers,02br
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00Kathy0-
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0 It's [mausiz] because it's a noun.02br
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00 The noun form for houses is pronounced [hausiz].02br
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00 The verb form is pronounced [hauziz].02br
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00 This rule applies for almost all words which sound similar and can be used both as a verb and a noun. In my opinion, it's pretty silly that they verb and noun forms are spel
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0I have consulted several dictionaries.02br
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00The noun form for houses is pronounced [hauziz].0-
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0 From 05002br
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00 Noun for house = 'haus plural: 00'hau-z&z 01i00also 02i00-s&z00/02br
00 Verb for house = 'hauz02br
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00 Yeah, both are acceptable. 00I don't know. When I think about it my pronunciation for (n)houses falls somewhere in between 'z' and 's'. It's different from how I would pro
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01b10Houses12b10 is pronounced as [houziz]. 12br
10How is11b10 mouses12b10 pronounced, [mouziz] or [mousiz]?12br
10 [mousiz]12br
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10And the noun "blouse" is [blous] and "blouses" is [blousiz].12br
10 But the second accepted pronunciation is [blouz], [blouz

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