Why it is hard to detect voiced "s" sounds?
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I never hear native speakers pronounce the voiced "s" sound on the word his, crabs, buzz, zebra, crazy, etc... But why most pronunciation lessons tell English learners to pronounce it? Are there any other (tricky to detect) pronunciations like this? Or they don't have definite rule so they can be omitted for convenient? I know for a fact that brits prefer easy going especially when speaking.
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mosja I never hear native speakers pronounce the voiced "s" sound on the word his, crabs, buzz, zebra, crazy, etc... But why most pronunciation lessons tell English learners to pronounce it? e.
- mosja I never hear native speakers pronounce the voiced "s" sound on the word his, crabs, buzz, zebra, crazy, etc...
- But why most pronunciation lessons tell English learners to pronounce it?
- e.
- "z") by native speakers.
- In fast speech, or where words get run into one another, or with certain accents, you may find instances where the voicing is not tremendously clear.
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mosjaI never hear native speakers pronounce the voiced "s" sound on the word his, crabs, buzz, zebra, crazy, etc... But why most pronunciation lessons tell English learners to pronounce it?
All these words are pronounced with voiced "s" (i.e. "z") by native speakers. In fast speech, or where words get run into one another, or with certain accents, you may f
0mosjaI never hear native speakers pronounce the voiced "s" sound on the word his, crabs, buzz, zebra, crazy, etc...
Ask someone to pronounce 'his' and 'hiss', 'buzz' and 'bus'. Then try it yourself. Sometimes if you learn to produce the sounds, it enables you to hear them better.
A more difficult one is this group of four: Seuss, Zeus, Sue's, zoos
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