[Vocabulary] how to pronounce "mistress's"?

[azhu]

Is it read as /mɪstrɪsɪs/?
Or /mɪstrɪs/?

 

[5jj]

/mɪstrɪsɪz/, /mɪstrɪsəz/, /mɪstrəsɪz/or /mɪstrəsəz/

 

[azhu]

/mɪstrɪsɪz/, /mɪstrɪsəz/, /mɪstrəsɪz/or /mɪstrəsəz/

Thank you! There are so many!:-D

 

[5jj]

Thank you! There are so many!:-D

They are all quite similar.

As far as your original question is concerned, mistress's has three syllables, not two.

 

[konungursvia]

But I think you can also pronounce it with two syllables, the genitive being assimilated into the final /s/. Shakespeare did so for instance.

 

[5jj]

But I think you can also pronounce it with two syllables, the genitive being assimilated into the final /s/. Shakespeare did so for instance.

The final vowel may be short, but don't you think there is a very clear difference in pronunciation, in modern English, between my mistress's books and, if we were to say it, my mistress books.

 

[konungursvia]

Those are spellings. I am saying you can pronounce them alike.

 

[5jj]

Those are spellings. I am saying you can pronounce them alike.

My question was about pronunciation, not spelling.

Still, you answered it. It seems that your pronunciation of this word is different from mine. I would not claim that I would pronounce three clear syllables in mistress's, but my mistress's is very different from mistress

 

[konungursvia]

I agree that pronunciation is the most common; I am just saying the other is extant.