Ahdok@ttrpg.network to RPGMemes @ttrpg.network · hace 7 mesesSolving your problems with WAY too much firepower...ttrpg.networkimagemessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1332arrow-down111file-text
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minus-squaresouthsamurai@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·hace 7 mesesI’m three decades away from my last class, but I thought that the ess sound than an s makes is called a sibilant, where the z sound it makes isn’t. Most people using the word “gays” will have it sound like gayz, or the word gaze. His is that sibilant s like in hissing
minus-squareornery_chemist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·hace 7 mesesYou make a good point about the voicing distinction that I was unsure of, so I looked it up. According to clearly the most authoritative source on the internet, [s] and [z] are both “hissing” sibilants.
minus-squaresouthsamurai@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·hace 7 mesesSee? That’s what getting old does to you, you forget shit left and right, or remember it wrong. I always recommend not getting old, just stop at 40. Seriously though, thanks for the correction.
I’m three decades away from my last class, but I thought that the ess sound than an s makes is called a sibilant, where the z sound it makes isn’t.
Most people using the word “gays” will have it sound like gayz, or the word gaze. His is that sibilant s like in hissing
You make a good point about the voicing distinction that I was unsure of, so I looked it up. According to clearly the most authoritative source on the internet, [s] and [z] are both “hissing” sibilants.
See? That’s what getting old does to you, you forget shit left and right, or remember it wrong. I always recommend not getting old, just stop at 40.
Seriously though, thanks for the correction.