Correct pronunciation of possessives ending on "-s" [duplicate]

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What's the correct pronunciation of possessives ending on "-s"? For example,

Mrs Harris's house.

Mr Rices's dog.

Noriss's estate.

@ColleenV: the question you linked is about spelling. This question and the one I linked are about pronunciation of the possessives. — Void, Commented Jan 8, 2021 at 13:15
@Void Then we should vote to reopen the one you linked because it was closed as a duplicate of the one I chose. I was in a hurry and didn’t look closely. I just don’t like closing a question as a duplicate of a question closed as a duplicate of something else. — ColleenV, Commented Jan 8, 2021 at 13:54

Jason Melançon · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-25 00:08:42Z

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Like an additional syllable pronounced "iz," unstressed.

Harris's → /har' is iz/
Rices's → /rIs' iz iz/
Noriss's → /nor' is iz/

answered May 25, 2015 at 0:08

Jason Melançon

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