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7 February
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English (US)
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English (UK)
Question about English (US)
How do you pronounce “species”?
1. spee-sheez
2. spee-seez
How do you pronounce “species”?
1. spee-sheez
2. spee-seez
1. spee-sheez
2. spee-seez
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- English (US)
- English (US)
One is okay - may be a regional dialect.
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
- English (US)
- English (US)
I say 1. And it’s usually what I hear as well.
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
- English (US)
i have heard both fairly often.
i say #1, my wife says #2
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
@cornucopiadm1 Even people in one family have different ways to pronounce a single word. Good to know. Thanks a lot!
- English (UK)
- English (US) Near fluent
Never ever heard 1. It might be pronounced like that in the USA, definitely not England/Australia.
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@monkeyking520 Thank you! If you don’t mind, are you Australian? Because I do hear Americans say [spee-sheez] in my daily life.
- English (UK)
- English (US) Near fluent
@branduhn English/Australian! I have my language set to English (US) because I prefer to use US spelling (it's more logical)
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
- English (US)
I agree with klassian dreams, #1 is also common. Note that when I pronounce #1, I sound it like "x" in Chinese. Maybe its just an accent 🤷, Asian Americans for example will pronounce "th" like "t̪ʰ", or the "r" like "ɻ" (r in "thr" would be ɾ or r).
Edit: I'm literally referring to Asian Americans born and raised here, so completely natives.
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@branduhn why are you so monotone today lol
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@branduhn you only use a few words, they're all the same, and all have a period with capitalization llol
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
@kungfumastershindo When I don’t have questions, I often just say “ok” or “thanks” or “thank you” or something. 😂
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