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Voiced/unvoiced sibilant in UK dialects

Among BrE speakers I have noticed that some
used a voiced sibilant ("z" sound) in words where
I believe the more common pronunciation is unvoiced (the pronoun "us" for example).
Can this tendency be identified with a particular
regional accent?

Michael West
Melbourne, Australia
  

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[nq:1]Among BrE speakers I have noticed that some used a voiced sibilant ("z" sound) in words where I believe the more common pronunciation is unvoiced (the pronoun "us" for example). ). Not least, the voiced/ unvoiced difference is not the only difference: vowels are often perceptibly different too.

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[nq:1]Among BrE speakers I have noticed that some used a voiced sibilant ("z" sound) in words where I believe the more common pronunciation is unvoiced (the pronoun "us" for example). Can this tendency be identified with a particular regional accent?[/nq]
No single particular regional accent: this
occurs in many (some English, some
American, etc.). Not least, the voiced/
unvoiced d
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[nq:2]Among BrE speakers I have noticed that some used a ... Can this tendency be identified with a particular regional accent?[/nq]
[nq:1]No single particular regional accent: this occurs in many (some English, some American, etc.). Not least, the voiced/ unvoiced difference is not the only difference: vowels are often perceptibly different too.[/nq]
But on Radio 4 at least it's much comm
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