Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g1L4G6u18274; Wed, 20 Feb 2002 23:16:06 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 23:16:06 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20020221041322.18967.qmail@web14304.mail.yahoo.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: tom zurinskas <tzurinskas@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:779] pronunciation of ending "s" X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: O Content-Length: 723 Lines: 20 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 ===== Read all about truespel at truespel.com. Convert text to truespel USA accent by copy/pasting it at: http://www.foreignword.com/dictionary/truespel/transpel.htm __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com
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