There are certain words that are most frequently mispronounced by certain ethnic groups, to wit: utilizing, positioned, observed, measuring, closing, as well as, present, etc. These sample words are typically mispronounced as: utilicing, pocitioned, obcerved, meassuring, clocing, ass well ass, precent.
What's the problem? English is peculiar in that certain words containing an S, SS, or Z call for different pronunciations depending on the word.
When these words are heard as depicted above, with the expected Z sound pronounced as an SS sound, it distorts not only the language itself, but also sometimes the meaning of what is being said. Curiously, the very offenders who substitute Z for SS often have absolutely no trouble at all pronouncing Z at the ends of words, as in tissues or milliliters.
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