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Old June 29, 2013, 11:05 AM
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I agree with you wholeheartedly. This is exactly how a speaker of American English would pronounce that. I just didn't take the time to write about it.
It's interesting that the 's' in 'is' is pronounced as an 's' when used in a contraction. When used as a separate word, the 's' is pronounced like the letter 'z'.

Last edited by Rusty; June 29, 2013 at 11:32 AM.
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