Re: CHAT: which's

From: "Andreas Johansson" <and_yo@...>
> >From: Arthaey Angosii <arthaey@...>
> >Emaelivpaer Muke Tever:
> > >But I think the restraint against /Ss/ prevents "which is" from ever
> > >contracting at all.
>
> I'd just point out that I don't think of "which's" as [wItSs] - the spoken
> equivalent is something like ['wItS@s]~['wItSIs]. And I guess I ought to
> voice those [s]'s, but that's not really the issue here.
Well, it's not [Ss], it's just /Ss/, when it arises from morphemes coming
together in one word - the epenthesis is predictable.

Your pronunciation is right (tho yeah they should be [z]) which is more reason
why it gets written in full.

    *Muke!
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