I'm under the impression natives actually do not pronounce s, so their months just sound as same as how they say month. Is that correct? Thanks.
How to pronounce months?
I pronounce it differently. When I say "month" the TH is strong, whereas when I say "months" the TH kind of semi-disappears and the S takes precedence. I don't how to explain it properly though, so I'll leave it to Travis.
Yes, the TH disappears (for most speakers) so that it's pronounced like "mon(t)s" (/mVn(t)s/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-sampa ). Same with "clothes", which is pronounced like "cloz" (/klouz/).
Thete is no difference at all in my own pronunciation except for the addition of the plural "s".
I did have a German acquaintance who made both the singular and the plural sound exactly the same...both came out of his mouth as something like "munce", and his verbal "mouth" sounded more like "mouse", but apart from that tiny, quite endearing, failing his standard of spoken English was impeccable. He was a delightful guy all round.
I did have a German acquaintance who made both the singular and the plural sound exactly the same...both came out of his mouth as something like "munce", and his verbal "mouth" sounded more like "mouse", but apart from that tiny, quite endearing, failing his standard of spoken English was impeccable. He was a delightful guy all round.
I would have to agree that it is extremely common in North American English dialects to have "months" pronounced as /ˈmʌnts/ or /ˈmʌns/.