In article <1124162829.322243.214690@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
"compunk" <compunk@chol.com> wrote:
> English is not my mother tongue. So I'm confused sometimes with the
> pronunciation.
>
> In the Enlgish grammar book or the dictionary, the plural 's' sounds
> like 'z' , for exemple in <tearchers, computers, chairs, etc>.
>
> But actually when I listen to the pronunciation of the native speakers,
> they pronounce it like 's', not 'z'.
I have never heard anyone do this, native speaker or otherwise. As you
say, the plural 's' is nearly always pronounced as a 'soft s', which
sounds like 'z'. I say 'nearly always' because, although I can't think
of one, it would not surprise me to learn of an exception or two.
teachers sounds like "teacher-z"
computers sounds like "computer-z"
chairs sounds like "chair-z"
In fact, teenagers and some marketing people SPELL these words with "z",
in an attempt to seem "kool." There is a shoe store in a nearby town
called "Shuz", which I'm pretty sure they mean to be pronounced as
"Shoes", but always looks to my eye as if it rhymes with "fuzz", so I
pronounce it that way :)
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