Asorbent..Please help...

[Huda-M]

Hello,

Whenever I have heard or said the word ABSORBENT,
I have always pronounced S as Z, and R is also pronounced in it... But according to the phonetic symbols my way of pronouncing it, is wrong... Am I right????? Or is it just a difference of Englishes?????

[Excalibur]

American cousins of ours may differ in their opinion, as may unspecified others, but pronounce it ab-ZORB-unt
= əbˈzôrbənt

Oh...ohhhh...just wait until you get to 'harassment', and then 'distribute/contribute'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bloody ignorant journalists, with other equally ignorant journalists 'picking up the story'; and all with access to such world-wide influence on 'oh so earnest and up on the news at the office the next day, but who haven't checked a dictionary since they were forced to at school, and as long as they sound 'with it' and ...'and...

[Excalibur]

American cousins of ours may differ in their opinion, as may unspecified others, but pronounce it ab-ZORB-unt
= əbˈzôrbənt

Oh...uhhh...just wait until you get to 'harassment', and then 'distribute/contribute'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Huda-M]

I used to pronounced it in the same way, but the phonetic symbols in my book have confused me... According to them, its pronounced as ABSOBENT, S as in See

[raindoctor]

Well, /b/ is voiced, so is any vowel. You can expect voiced /z/ since it is sandwiched between b and o.