[NIFL-FAMILY:779] pronunciation of ending "s"

From: tom zurinskas (tzurinskas@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Feb 20 2002 - 23:16:06 EST


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How do we say the letter "s" at the end of words?  The
60k truespel dictionary shows that of the words ending
in "s" (includes plurels) 64% are "z" and 36% are "s".
 

For ESL teachers to show USA English pronunciation in
a simple phonetic English based respelling go to
http://www.foreignword.com/dictionary/truespel/transpel.htm
 The 60k truespel database is available for free for
researchers.
Tom Zurinskas 

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Convert text to truespel USA accent by copy/pasting it at: http://www.foreignword.com/dictionary/truespel/transpel.htm

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