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It irritates me to hear "professional speakers" pronounce the word introduce as if it was spelled inter-duce. The dictionary lists this as an alternate, acceptable pronunciation. But it still strikes me as wrong.
It's called metathesis and it's why we say things like "bird" instead of the correct "brid" and "third" instead of "thrid". It's a normal process of linguistic change.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Battered and Abused ParkinT 11/04/06 01:35 AM Re: Battered and Abused AnnaStrophic 11/04/06 10:31 AM Re: Battered and Abused Faldage 11/04/06 11:28 AM Re: metathesis ParkinT 11/04/06 12:28 PM Re: metathesis Buffalo Shrdlu 11/04/06 01:03 PM Re: metathesis wow 11/04/06 05:06 PM Re: Battered and Abused TEd Remington 11/04/06 05:57 PM Re: Battered and Abused Jackie 11/11/06 01:33 PM Re: Battered and Abused ParkinT 11/12/06 12:37 AM Re: Battered and Abused Hydra 11/13/06 04:58 AM
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