Pronunciation of Standard English in America (1919)

[Space60]

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!".

[Travis B.]

I am used to whooping cough being a disease you have to vaccinate your kids against lest they be infected by the antivaxxers' kids.

[Space60]

I personally can't remember ever hearing "whooping cough" said out loud. I rarely even see it written.

[Space60]

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.

[Travis B.]

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/.