Among BrE speakers I have noticed that some used a voiced sibilant ("z" sound) in words where I believe the more common pronunciation is unvoiced (the pronoun "us" for example). Can this tendency be identified with a particular

example of Whoa. "Was" is pronounced by me and presumably by you ... happens to be a sort of phonemic respelling of "was"). Well, this brings us back to what I was saying about phonetic spelling sometimes being mistaken for eye

As long as the speech of the speaker in question ... "wuz" and "lissen," we're talking about anotherexample of phonetic spelling. Whoa. "Was" is pronounced by me and presumably by you like "wuz", but

As long as the speech of the speaker in question is not represented with such spellings as "wuz" and "lissen," we're talking about another example of phonetic spelling. Whoa. "Was" is pronounced by me and

(..and I'm not absolutely certain any more which "g" sound ... some who pronounce "Streatham" as "Street'm" with a straight face..) The real debate for Penge is what the vowel should be. I stand with Terry