-z
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英文释义
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Used as a substitute for -s in marking the plural of nouns. Usually used in words in which the -s suffix is actually pronounced /z/.
— Boyz are always trouble, while girlz just play with their Bratz dolls.
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Forms nicknames, especially of personal names.
— Barry + -z → Baz
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Forms colloquial variants of words.
— sorry + -z → soz
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词源 1
An eye dialect spelling variant of -s.
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From a mutation (specifically a zetacism) of the rhotic consonant /ɹ/ to /z/.
While standalone suffixation (such as soz and Baz) gained wide recognition in British print during the 1980s, the underlying morphophonological shift is attested significantly earlier in Australian English via the derived non‐rhotic suffix -zza (such as Bazza for Barry), which has been in print since at least the 1960s.
While standalone suffixation (such as soz and Baz) gained wide recognition in British print during the 1980s, the underlying morphophonological shift is attested significantly earlier in Australian English via the derived non‐rhotic suffix -zza (such as Bazza for Barry), which has been in print since at least the 1960s.
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