Talk:painstaking

The /ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋ/ pronunciation which dominates in the United States suggests a reanalysis of the word as pain +‎ staking.
This is just wrong. It is a common phonological process for voiced sibilants to become voiceless before voiceless consonants. JMGN (talk) 10:48, 18 July 2024 (UTC)


 * It depends on whether the aspiration is retained in /t/. /z/ becomes /s/ in newspaper, but is the /p/ still aspirated? I think it usually is. Nardog (talk) 11:22, 18 July 2024 (UTC)


 * I agree that "pain staking" is the way I would have broken down this word, based merely on pronunciation and without contemplating "pains taking" as a possible underlying meaning. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 11:37, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
 * What meaning of stake though? JMGN (talk) 20:19, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Any academic reference to support your statement? JMGN (talk) 20:20, 19 July 2024 (UTC)