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I hear both over in UK, failry equally (?) perhaps a slight bias toward miss-CELL-ain-ee (my own preference.
However, I say MISS-ell-Ain-ee-us (slight stress on 2nd syllable) and I can't think that I have heard any other pronunciation than that.
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The more I think about this, the more I think that I don't really stress any of the syllables much more than the others. I would split it up as miss-uh-lain-ee and I think there might be a slight emphasis on the third syllable, but then I go and think there might be a little stress on the first . . . I dunno.
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Carpal Tunnel
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I confess to a childish mnemonic device of trying to preserve the sound of the root word. When I hear "Miss" I remember "mix". "Sellany" doesn't give me any clue.
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Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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Hey, tsuwm, that bartleby pronunciation of "miscellaneous" is the first word I can remember being able to hear correctly on my computer! I hear all of the vowels, but few of the consonants.
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