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Re: Spelling

From:Tim May <butsuri@...>
Date:Sunday, July 7, 2002, 21:02
Nik Taylor writes:
 > Michael Adams wrote:
 > >
 > > True about Fusion. Maybe it should be Fuzion instead?
 >
 > Most examples of -sion outside of -ssion are /Z@n/ is my point.  Other
 > examples:
 >
 > Abrasion (altho my dictionary claims that has /S/, but I've only heard
 > it with /Z/)
 > Confusion
 > Lesion
 > Version (altho here again my dictionary claims /S/, I have never heard
 > it with /S/)
 >
 > While -ssion is usually /S@n/
 > Accession
 > Succession
 > Secession
 > Passion
 > But Fission is generally /fIZ@n/
 >
Not for me - I have /fIS@n/ (which supports your case).

> For that matter, s is often /z/ when intervocalic if not doubled, like
> "raise", "leasure", but "passing". It's /Z/ in "leasure" for me.

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Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
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