Pronounce the word NEWS as new-s or new-z?

[jiaruchan]

I look into dictionaries for pronunciation of the simple word NEWS and it is supposed to say NEW-Z, not NEW-S. But I always hear people pronounce it as new-s.

What do you pronounce it, native speakers?

By the way, do Americans pronounce the word NOOSE like NEW-S, or NOO-S?

[bhaisahab]

I look into dictionaries for pronunciation of the simple word NEWS and it is supposed to say NEW-Z, not NEW-S. But I always hear people pronounce it as new-s.

What do you pronounce it, native speakers?

By the way, do Americans pronounce the word NOOSE like NEW-S, or NOO-S?

In BrE it's pronounced with a z sound at the end "Newz".

[jiaruchan]

In BrE it's pronounced with a z sound at the end "Newz".

Thank you, my friend.

[Offroad]

use dictionaries:

news - definition of news by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

click the flags and the icon right after the word and pay attention

[anupumh]

The s or z has to do with the sound proceeding it. Remember s is unvoiced and z is voiced. If the sound preceeding the letter s is voiced, s gives a voiced z sound and if the sound preeceding the letter s is unvoiced, s gives a unvoiced s sound.
Remember all vowel sounds are Voiced.

[Offroad]

The s or z has to do with the sound proceeding it. Remember s is unvoiced and z is voiced. If the sound preceeding the letter s is voiced, s gives a voiced z sound and if the sound preeceding the letter s is unvoiced, s gives a unvoiced s sound.
Remember all vowel sounds are Voiced.

Yes, but in English, in particular, it's better for students to pay attention to the sounds, not the rules.

[anupumh]

Yes, but in English, in particular, it's better for students to pay attention to the sounds, not the rules.

Well, if you know the rules, you will not need to ask questions and would be able to yourself derive what should be correct pronunciation (with the rules of syllable stress you can easily forecast the stressed syllable and thereby the correct pronunciation).

[Offroad]

Well, if you know the rules, you will not need to ask questions and would be able to yourself derive what should be correct pronunciation (with the rules of syllable stress you can easily forecast the stressed syllable and thereby the correct pronunciation).

What rule would you apply to differenciate these words?

Seven ways to pronounce ough:

• dough
• tough
• hiccough
• bough
• ought
• cough
• through

seven ways, seven words.

[anupumh]

What rule would you apply to differenciate these words?

Seven ways to pronounce ough:

• dough
• tough
• hiccough
• bough
• ought
• cough
• through

seven ways, seven words.

English is a non phonetic language, you cannot compare spellings with sounds/pronunciation. Its better to write the phonetic transcriptions to learn the pronunciation. And out there, you can have specific patterns (when does ed give a ed, t or id sound, when s gives s or z sound, when a word ends with tion ity, logy, ic, the stress falls on the penultimate syllable, etc)

Check this useful link
http://www.onestopenglish.com/sectio...0&docid=146393

[Raymott]

The s or z has to do with the sound proceeding it. Remember s is unvoiced and z is voiced. If the sound preceeding the letter s is voiced, s gives a voiced z sound and if the sound preeceding the letter s is unvoiced, s gives a unvoiced s sound.
Remember all vowel sounds are Voiced.

Sorry, this cannot be right. Otherwise, we could not have pairs such as: lose/loose; Jews/juice; maze/mace; cause/course ...
If all vowels are voiced (which they are), and all /s/ following a vowel also has to be voiced (which it doesn't), then the second of each of these pairs would not be legitimate English words.