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#2 (permalink) Tue Dec 09, 2008 0:10 am How do you pronounce "Ms"? |
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| Where did you find that? I've always heard it pronounced "miz" |
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Diverhank I'm here quite often ;-)

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#3 (permalink) Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:11 am How do you pronounce "Ms"? |
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| I thought 'miz' was right, but it sounds like 'mis' to my ears. At least the natives around me pronounce that way. |
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Sweetpumpkin I'm here quite often ;-)

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#4 (permalink) Tue Dec 09, 2008 21:49 pm How do you pronounce "Ms"? |
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| Diverhank wrote: |
| Where did you find that? I've always heard it pronounced "miz" |
I found it on an ESL website called The English Web. It's run by Clare Whitmell, a native speaker of English. _________________ Test Of English for International Communication TOEIC Preparation & TOEIC Vocabulary |
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#5 (permalink) Tue Dec 09, 2008 23:11 pm How do you pronounce "Ms"? |
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| Come to think of it, miz and muzz can be almost the same thing... |
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Diverhank I'm here quite often ;-)

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#6 (permalink) Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:42 am How do you pronounce "Ms"? |
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Hmm, I've only heard it as miz.
Muzz sounds like some kind of parody of a southern US accent. _________________ Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow.
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Skrej I'm here quite often ;-)

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#7 (permalink) Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:04 am How do you pronounce "Ms"? |
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I've mostly heard it pronounced "mis".
"put" and "mis/miz" shouldn't rhyme.
hid, kid, lid, did
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put, took, look, shook
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Prezbucky I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#8 (permalink) Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:08 am How do you pronounce "Ms"? |
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Native Nashvillians (aside from the twerps who mimic the Valley "occent" they hear on TV...) pronounce the "ih" vowel as "ee-uh":
In : Ee'un Did : Dee'ud
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Prezbucky I'm a Communicator ;-)

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