Talk:housewife

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Pronunciation (homographs)[edit]

'Housewife' under the meaning of a bag for sewing things, is pronounced with a 'bus' sound in the first syllable, and an 'if' sound in the second syllable; the word stress is on the first syllable. Also the 's' in the middle has a 'zit' sound...I hope this makes sense - I don't know how to use the IPA symbols on my computer...zigzig20s 21:17, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree: the bag is not pronounced like the woman. This should be sorted out somehow. Equinox ◑ 00:08, 4 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
@Equinox: according to Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, formerly also /ˈhʌzɪf/ --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:46, 5 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
 Done It's been fixed at some point. Equinox ◑ 00:57, 9 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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