Ducklet Cat
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- Dec 27, 2005
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- Native Language
- Arabic
- Home Country
- Kuwait
- Current Location
- Kuwait
Hello,
I've been taught that we says cats /kats/ with an s because /t/ is a voiceless sound and so is /s/.
And that we says dogs /d?gz/ because /g/ is a voiced sound, and so is /z/
Now, why do we then says:
dishes /diʃiz/
arches /artʃiz/
teaches /teetʃiz/
Why is that /iz/? We can very well say /artʃs/ or /artʃis/, /diʃs/ or /diʃis/ I've just tried saying it , and it went like a breeze!
aren't "ʃ" and "tʃ" voiceless sounds? While /dʒ/ is the voiced counterpart of "tʃ"?
Or am I messing things up?
Thanks.
I've been taught that we says cats /kats/ with an s because /t/ is a voiceless sound and so is /s/.
And that we says dogs /d?gz/ because /g/ is a voiced sound, and so is /z/
Now, why do we then says:
dishes /diʃiz/
arches /artʃiz/
teaches /teetʃiz/
Why is that /iz/? We can very well say /artʃs/ or /artʃis/, /diʃs/ or /diʃis/ I've just tried saying it , and it went like a breeze!
aren't "ʃ" and "tʃ" voiceless sounds? While /dʒ/ is the voiced counterpart of "tʃ"?
Or am I messing things up?
Thanks.
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