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Deepa Posted 23 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Though it's a funny thing but...

...how do you pronounce
"assess" - fix the amount
"asses" - plural of *** and
"***'s" ?
  

Top answer

First of all, "***" refers to a donkey in BrE, but in AmE and Canada, is a taboo word and may be offensive. In my humble opinion, care must be taken with questions of this type; although I admitedly think these words should be discussed so that learners are aware of them. Of course, a well-thought and educated discussion.

— Raul

  • First of all, "***" refers to a donkey in BrE, but in AmE and Canada, is a taboo word and may be offensive.
  • In my humble opinion, care must be taken with questions of this type; although I admitedly think these words should be discussed so that learners are aware of them.
  • Of course, a well-thought and educated discussion.
  • "***" is pronounced with an open sound like in "cat".
  • The plural form is pronounced like , with the stress on the initial "a".
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First of all, "***" refers to a donkey in BrE, but in AmE and Canada, is a taboo word and may be offensive. In my humble opinion, care must be taken with questions of this type; although I admitedly think these words should be discussed so that learners are aware of them. Of course, a well-thought and educated discussion.
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thanks raul ! gosh i was about to pronounce assess in my seminar the wrong way.. u saved me!
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lol. That would have been embarrasingly funny.
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but thank *** no one in my class knows the meaning of it! but i would feel bad practising wrong english!
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Good English is instilled in your mind better if you've gone through the embarrassing momentEmotion: smile.
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learning through mistakes!!
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