[ SECRET POST #2536 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2536 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Yes, and there are also words that use "as" with the "s" sound. Since that's the normal sound for that letter, I'd assume that first.

[(Anonymous)]

What do you mean, "the normal sound for that letter"? How you pronounce 's' depends totally on the context it's in. A lot of letters are that way, there are a million of examples of a consonant's sound being influenced by particular vowel combinations or the other consonants around it. And how people read it will also depend on things like regional accents (think of the word 'greasy' as an example; do you pronounce it with a z sound or a hard s?) The secret is about a pet peeve, but now people are turning this into a debate about how they personally think others SHOULD read certain letter combinations... as if people's instincts somehow sprang out of nowhere rather than the way language has been used around them. You can't force people to read something a certain way, and once the canon sets the precedent for a spelling there's no reason you should expect people to spell it otherwise.

[silverau]

As, has, and was are all function words. Common function words tend to be spelled oddly for their pronunciation. For example, how often does a single "O" make an /u/ sound in English? Basically never, except in the word "to."

In general I assume "s" is a soft sound if it comes at the end of a singular content word. Gas, bus, et cetera. Gus is another example of a name that fits that pattern. I would assume the name Lis was pronounced with the same sound.