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I say: CariBEEan and Nuhtivity. It may be a Kywy thing. Are you putting the em PHAsis on the first sy LABuhl?
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Are you putting the emPHAsis on the first syLABuhl? Ya could be onta somink dere. A plausibility.
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I would say Caribean and Naytivity. Although every once in a while I'm startled when the former comes out as Caribeean.
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I thought (incorrectly) that the noun was pronounced CaribBEan and the adjective, CaRIBbean. But here's what the dictionary says. USAGE There are two possible pronunciations of the word Caribbean, and both are used widely and acceptably in the U.S. In the Caribbean itself, the preferred pronunciation puts the stress on the -rib-. In Britain, speakers more often put the stress on the -be-, although in recent years, the other pronunciation has gained ground in Britain as the more 'up-to-date' and, to some, the more 'correct' pronunciation.
Last edited by Hydra; 12/26/07 06:06 AM.
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I wonder why the quotation marks ( to some, the more 'correct' pronunciation.) Shouldn't the people who live there get to choose what they want as the correct pronunciation?
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>I wonder why the quotation marks..
I think it's because (as we've seen) the entire concept of 'correct' pronunciation is on pretty shaky ground.
-joe (but I'm uncertain about this) friday
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For Caribbean, I use both /,kærə'bijən/ and /kə'rɪbijən/. For nativity, I say /nə'tɪvɪtiː/, but I commonly hear /nej'tɪvɪtiː/.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Come to think of it, I've heard kuhRIBeeuhn a lot too
Anyone know why this morning I can't edit my post above
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Dale,your above post is from 12/20. It now is 12/27.
You can only edit for 3600 minutes. We've had this point before.
I can't really well calculate, so some days.
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