greasy

Pronunciation note
greasy is almost always pronounced as  /ˈgrizi/ Show Spelled[gree-zee] Show IPA, with a medial  /z/[z], in the South Midland and Southern U.S. and as  /ˈgrisi/[gree-see], with a medial  /s/[s], in New England, New York State, and the Great Lakes Basin. Speakers of New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania are divided, with some using  /s/[s] and some using  /z/[z]. Standard British English reflects both  /z/[z] and  /s/[s] pronunciations and British folk speech is also divided regionally, with  /z/[z] heard in the eastern counties and  /s/[s] in the central and western ones. EXPANDBoth pronunciations were brought to the colonies, where the present U.S. pattern emerged

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