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Isles pronounced as /ailz/? Or /ails/?

 
 
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Reply Sat 7 Sep, 2013 04:54 am
@oristarA,
The final "s" is pronounced like a "z."
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Reply Sat 7 Sep, 2013 09:44 am
@oristarA,
/ailz/ because /l/ is voiced and after voiced sounds /s/ at the end of a word is pronounced as /z/.
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