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Close pronunciation

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MemoryOfSleep · 09/10/2018 13:57

Close as part of a street name, Attenborough Close, for example. Do you say close as in 'close that book' or as in 'that was close'?

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cjt110 · 09/10/2018 13:58

"That was close"

Dontbuymesocks · 09/10/2018 13:59

That was close

StrawberryFilter · 09/10/2018 13:59

That was close

iklboo · 09/10/2018 14:11

That was close

CutesyUserName · 09/10/2018 14:22

Close, as in 'close that book'.

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 09/10/2018 14:30

That was close.

LubyLoo · 09/10/2018 14:32

That was close.

mostdays · 09/10/2018 14:33

That was close.

I'd find it odd to hear it said with a z sound.

catchyjem · 09/10/2018 14:34

That was close. Never heard any other way!

ARandomPoster · 09/10/2018 14:44

That was close

Roamingseams · 09/10/2018 14:47

According to Oxford English Dictionary - the noun is pronounced with the 's' sound for 'a street closed at one end' but with the 'z' sound when describing the end of something e.g. 'Bring something to a close'.

LongSummerDays · 09/10/2018 14:52

Cloze the book
Attenborough Close

Tiggles · 09/10/2018 14:59

That was close
Never heard it the other way

Original poster
MemoryOfSleep · 09/10/2018 15:41

Hmm. I've been getting it wrong it seems. I thought close as in close the book, because the road comes to a close.

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Proofer · 09/10/2018 15:43

That was close
Never heard anyone say the other way!

Heuschrecke · 09/10/2018 16:45

Closse - as in Magnolia Close (road)
Cloze - as in 'close the door'

Listen to this howjsay.com/search?word=close

n0ne · 09/10/2018 19:02

That was close

JasperCopeland · 09/10/2018 19:06

Clowse

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