How do you pronounce absurd?

[WhyDidIEatThat]

With s or z?

With a z and an r .

I don’t think the Z sound is that unusual really. I’d pronounce ‘observe’ and ‘basmati’ in the same manner.

I’m sure there are better examples out there, but, I’m hungry!

with an "s" I say "obserd"

Agree the Z sound is actually more common than I thought.

However, for this particular word, if I was exclaiming at something being 'absolutely absurd!' I'd be using that S to the max

Sort of in between S & Z, but slightly more Z I think - not a hissy S like Sex but not a buzzy Z like Zoo.

With an S.

Same as Giant kitten - somewhere between the two.

I'm getting so confused with all the random pronunciation going on in my head but here goes:

Absurd with a z
Sexual = sec-shoo-ill (sort of)
Observe with a z
Basmati with an s

I'm Scottish which may or may not but usually does make a difference

I hate it when people say LinkedIn like link tin. It’s a d, not a t!!

To enunciate the d in linked you'd need to pause between linked and the in.

It's like with handbag, very few people pronounce the d. Generally people say hanbag.

It takes no more effort or time to pronounce a d than a t though. The handbag comparison doesn’t work because the letter that follows the d in handbag is another consonant.

Linked does sound like Linkt in my accent though. As does passed sound like past.

absurd - with an s

absorb with a z

'ed' sounding like 't' in some words might be historic or dependent on accent since there are verbs we use that end in 't' rather than 'ed' anyway like dreamt or slept. I've found a website with them all listed. A lot that I'd consider the only correct form are described here as variant forms so I suspect in my (Scottish) accent it's more common to use the 't' rather than 'ed' ending for words.

S
How about our great leader?
Theresa or Thereza?

It’s the same isn’t it?!

What's the same?

Same as Giantkitten