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The FAQ says the IPA is: ɡiːks (𐑜𐑰𐑒𐑕, not 𐑜𐑰𐑒𐑟). There is a snakey S at the end not a Z like Americans are used to using.
by KirinDave 8y ago
The FAQ says the IPA is: ɡiːks (𐑜𐑰𐑒𐑕, not 𐑜𐑰𐑒𐑟). There is a snakey S at the end not a Z like Americans are used to using.
- _emacsomancer_ 8y agoAmericans would also say /ɡiːks/. No dialect of English would be likely to use /ɡiːkz/; that's not how voicing assimilation works.
- KirinDave 8y agoI've heard a bunch of people use the Z in person and on recorded talks.
- _emacsomancer_ 8y agoHmm. If you remember, could you drop me a link the next time you come across this in a recorded talk? It's pretty weird with a word like geek. Something that ends with a voiced sound as in dog of course will be tend to occur with a final /z/ rather than /s/ (though word-final devoicing is a productive process, so even dogs is often realised as /dɔgs/).