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I think this is an orthography issue rather than a phonology issue. I did a search in cmudict and found examples! sample → /s/ treasure → /ʒ/ visible → /z/
by schoen 6y ago
I think this is an orthography issue rather than a phonology issue.
I did a search in cmudict and found examples!
sample → /s/
treasure → /ʒ/
visible → /z/
unsure → /ʃ/
I could probably have thought of these eventually, but cmudict made it a whole lot quicker.
- schoen 6y agoOK, and it can also, rarely, be silent ("island", "debris").