pronunciation (Photo credit: Peter Forret)[/caption]English words such as incision, present, position and measured are pronounced with a presumed "z" substituted for the middle "s." That means that incision is pronounced INCIZION, present is pronounced PREZENT, position is pronounced POZITION and measured is pronounced MEAZURED.
I sometimes hear people say the above words -- and others of similar ilk -- as if the central s were a c, as in POCITION, INCICION, PRECENT and MEASHURED - the s in measured is pronounced as a z. It sounds horrible pronounced as an sh, especially when spoken by a native-born American. C'mon! "By ussing this technique..." This is especially inexcusable when spoken by native English speakers.
In fact, it is not English. Just as in French one should learn to pronounce "u" and "eu," so should it be in English and other languages.
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