/mɪstrɪsɪz/, /mɪstrɪsəz/, /mɪstrəsɪz/or /mɪstrəsəz/
They are all quite similar.Thank you! There are so many!:-D
The final vowel may be short, but don't you think there is a very clear difference in pronunciation, in modern English, between my mistress's books and, if we were to say it, my mistress books.But I think you can also pronounce it with two syllables, the genitive being assimilated into the final /s/. Shakespeare did so for instance.
My question was about pronunciation, not spelling.Those are spellings. I am saying you can pronounce them alike.
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