Originally Posted by atg:
“Yes, we all know there are two different accepted spellings, the only contentious point is whether the one with one S goes -ziz at the end or not. The only independent source quoted so far says it doesn't; crucially as the setter DB thinks it doesn't; and I can't see why there still seem to be one or two who think it does and others who can't see that the question is how it's pronounced and not how it's written.
I used to work with someone called Anita who used to get quite angry when people didn't sound the 't' in her name properly because of the glottal-stop. She might have complained too if they'd put two t's in there for some reason.”
I would pronounce Anita Ann-eeee-aaa. I had to go on youtube to find out what a glottle stop (pronounced glo-oow-stow) was and I honestly can't do it. Also St james' park I would pronounce st jamess with a longer sssss sound not at Jameses that's silly but that's my Essex accent.
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