Pronunciation of Standard English in America (1919)

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Space60
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Meeriam-Webster online and dictionary.com only list [hu:pIN] cough for "whooping cough", but if I were to say it out loud (which I never do) I would say [wUpIN] cough. "Whooping cough" is rarely said out loud these days which is likely why it is prone to spelling pronunciation and analogy of "whoops!".
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I am used to whooping cough being a disease you have to vaccinate your kids against lest they be infected by the antivaxxers' kids.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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I personally can't remember ever hearing "whooping cough" said out loud. I rarely even see it written.
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Re: Pronunciation of Standard English in America (1919)

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Travis B. wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2024 9:26 am As for clothes, for me this has [s], underlying /z/ (preceding long vowel, voices before another vowel), and pronouncing it with [θs], underlying /ðz/, is a clear spelling pronunciation to me.
I pronounce "clothes" like the verb "close" unless it is a verb as in "it clothes me" where I would include a "th" sound. The verb usage is rare however.
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Space60 wrote: Thu Sep 19, 2024 1:21 pm
Travis B. wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2024 9:26 am As for clothes, for me this has [s], underlying /z/ (preceding long vowel, voices before another vowel), and pronouncing it with [θs], underlying /ðz/, is a clear spelling pronunciation to me.
I pronounce "clothes" like the verb "close" unless it is a verb as in "it clothes me" where I would include a "th" sound. The verb usage is rare however.
I am similar in that I pronounce the verb clothe in the pres. 3rd sg. with [θs], underlying /ðz/.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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