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Re: OT: English -uice

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Monday, July 31, 2006, 17:13
On 7/31/06, Steven Williams <feurieaux@...> wrote:
> Hold on, you mean it's _not_ pronounced [sluwIs]? > How's it really pronounced, then? [slu:s]?
Assuming you pronounce "juice" as [dZ)u:s], then yeah. The two words should rhyme perfectly.
> ...And I've been saying *that* for how many years > (well over a decade, since I first encountered the > word in print)?
Yup. I still think of it mentally as [sluwIs]. I just correct myself now before it comes out of my mouth that way. :) -- Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>