Voicing a word months

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Hi, there.
Could you please write down a transcription of that word?
I feel that we need to add iz at the end but I can't find the rule to stick to.
Could you please mention that as well.
I tried to find how that word is voiced all over the Internet, but didn't found, so I would be grateful if you would give me a link to the resource.

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My BrE transcription would be /mʌnθs/, /mʌnts/, /mʌns/.

The plural -(e)s is pronounced /ɪz/[FONT=&quot] after /s, z, [/FONT][FONT=&quot]ʃ,[/FONT][FONT=&quot]ʒ, ʧ[/FONT][FONT=&quot]/ and /[/FONT][FONT=&quot]ʤ[/FONT][FONT=&quot]/.[/FONT]
 

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My BrE transcription would be /mʌnθs/, /mʌnts/, /mʌns/.

The plural -(e)s is pronounced /ɪz/[FONT=&quot] after /s, z, [/FONT][FONT=&quot]ʃ,[/FONT][FONT=&quot]ʒ, ʧ[/FONT][FONT=&quot]/ and /[/FONT][FONT=&quot]ʤ[/FONT][FONT=&quot]/.[/FONT]
Thank you, fivejedjon.
I'm fine with /mʌnts/ and /mʌns/ and I shall use it, but I have no idea how to pronounce /mʌnθs/ with that double sibilant at the end :)
 

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The plural -(e)s is pronounced /ɪz/[FONT=&quot] after /s, z, [/FONT][FONT=&quot]ʃ,[/FONT][FONT=&quot]ʒ, ʧ[/FONT][FONT=&quot]/ and /[/FONT][FONT=&quot]ʤ[/FONT][FONT=&quot]/.[/FONT]

Do we call such consonants 'sibilants'?
What do we call consonants that are ..er.. vocalized(/b/, /m/, /n/, /l/, /d/, /g/ etc)? What do we call consonants that are pronounced without voice (such as /p/, /t/, /k/, /h/, /f/)? I realized I didn't know the English terminology.

to AlexAD: As far as I know, /θ/ is not a sibilant.
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Thank you, fivejedjon.
I'm fine with /mʌnts/ and /mʌns/ and I shall use it, but I have no idea how to pronounce /mʌnθs/ with that double sibilant at the end :)

Did you click on the link? :-?
 

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Thank you, fivejedjon.
I'm fine with /mʌnts/ and /mʌns/ and I shall use it, but I have no idea how to pronounce /mʌnθs/ with that double sibilant at the end :)
Except in careful speech, native speakers don't find it easy. That's why we normally use one of the other two forms.
 

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Did you click on the link? :-?
Yes, I did, but since I have a bear stepped on my ears I can't get the difference, they sound pretty same for me.

To Verona_82, to be honest, I don't know how they call such sounds according to the classification. The only thing I wanted to say by that is that /θ/ produces hissing as well as /s/ produces whistle and I don't know how to pronounce it when they're together. Sorry if I didn't name it properly.
 

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Yes, I did, but since I have a bear stepped on my ears I can't get the difference, they sound pretty same for me.

A bear did the same to me! Could have been the same one!

Not sure why you're interested in this but if it's just for general language learning, I wouldn't worry too much about it. As long as you're understood, the accent doesn't matter.

And, anyway, most of the Russian speakers I help with English have more problems with softening sounds and adding a whole bunch of ё's and ю's. :-D
 

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Do we call such consonants 'sibilants'? Some writers do.

What do we call consonants that are ..er.. vocalized(/b/, /m/, /n/, /l/, /d/, /g/ etc)? Voiced consonants.

What do we call consonants that are pronounced without voice (such as /p/, /t/, /k/, /h/, /f/)? Voiceless consonants.

As far as I know, /θ/ is not a sibilant. Correct.
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A bear did the same to me! Could have been the same one!

Not sure why you're interested in this but if it's just for general language learning, I wouldn't worry too much about it. As long as you're understood, the accent doesn't matter.

And, anyway, most of the Russian speakers I help with English have more problems with softening sounds and adding a whole bunch of ё's and ю's. :-D
I just found that annoying when I'd tried to read the word months and got somewhat odd came out from my mouth. But as soon as I've got the right transcription I think it would be better than before. But it's surely one of the issues I don't like about English :)

Thank you everybody for you kind explanations.
 
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