It's still voiceless, at least to me.How do we pronounce the letter s in the word this when it comes before a word starts with the letter y in American English?
Good point! Yes, palatalization can occur in that environment (/s/ becomes [sh], an alveo-palatal). Good ear!Can be thi[sh]year
Yes, it's the same pronunciation.I often hear [blesh] in a phrase "bless you".
Is it the same pronunciation as in "thi[sh] year"?
I have never heard of that; moreover, to my knowledge blesh isn't even a word in English. I wonder where your teacher got that information from. Please ask and let me know. It's something new to me and I would like to understand it better. Thanks.My teacher says it's better to pronounce [bles] because [blesh] is vulgar (or demotic?)
[blesh] is a transcription of the word "bless".to my knowledge blesh isn't even a word in English
I can't ask my teacher because it was at school some years ago (I remember I said "Bless [blesh] you" and she said "It's better to say "[bles] you"...". Her words engraved in my memory, but I'm not sure of correct use of the words "vulgar" and "demotic". Maybe that's why you don't understand me.I wonder where your teacher got that information from. Please ask and let me know.
Where was your teacher from?lauralie2
[blesh] is a transcription of the word "bless".
I can't ask my teacher because it was at school some years ago (I remember I said "Bless [blesh] you" and she said "It's better to say "[bles] you"...". Her words engraved in my memory, but I'm not sure of correct use of the words "vulgar" and "demotic". Maybe that's why you don't understand me.
Your teacher was over-prescriptive in this particular case, but don't forget that much of the English teaching in the world is done by provincial schoolteachers. Sometimes their knowledge of grammar and pronunciation may be a little dated, but they do a pretty good job overall.She's from Russia.
What do you want from a provincial school-teacher? That's why I started learning English on my own with the help of different English books and Internet.
I didn't mean to belittle your teacher! I was only curious.She's from Russia.
What do you want from a provincial school-teacher? That's why I started learning English on my own with the help of different English books and Internet.
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