Could you give me the rule of pronouncing /s/ /z/ or /iz/ at the bold:
ex: dresses, plays, sandwhiches, witches, asks....:-D
Could you give me the rule of pronouncing /s/ /z/ or /iz/ at the bold:
ex: dresses, plays, sandw[h]iches, witches, asks....:-D
Actually I do understand come to think of it.
Affricative
Sandwiches
Children
Witches
Joy
Adjust
Are all examples of affricatives sounds.
[EDIT]: By the way, in case you're wondering.
About voiced consonants (from Wikipedia):
"[SIZE=-1]A voiced consonant is a sound made as the vocal cords vibrate, as opposed to a voiceless consonant, where the vocal cords are relaxed. Examples are: In English, the main distinction between /b, d, g/ and /p, t, k/ is not that the former are voiced, but rather that the latter are aspirated. There are indeed several English dialects where /b, d, g/ are voiceless."[/SIZE]
Good question by the way. Very enlightening.
The following explanation is not mine. It's from airt and aiblins and aglet and aiguille and aiguillette :Out of curiosity, would you be so kind as to explain the difference between those two words?:up:
Affricative
"A complex speech sound consisting of a stop consonant followed by a fricative; for example, the initial sounds of child and joy."
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Affricate:
Out of curiosity, would you be so kind as to explain the difference between those two words?:up:
Oh, but the questions and the discussion that generated made up for it. :up:It's obviously not a good policy in general to believe the first definition you see