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How do you pronounce this word? Apparently I've been mispronouncing it -- not that I use it a lot, but.
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And how many of y'all can define it without looking it up?
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Rightly or wrongly, I say it: DEZ-el-tory. And I do know what it means, she replied casually.
And that reminds me of a gripe I have about those Word Power tests in Reader's Digest: nearly every one of them will have a "correct" definition that isn't, really. I guess they try to keep them short, but some of them leave a lot to be desired. The latest ex. was 'impugn' being defined as 'attack'.
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I go with duh (no, not quite duh I guess it is that schwa sound they talked about 40 years ago) sul tor ee.
I guess this word is of English origin. Too bad. My argument as an American is that i can pronounce any foreign word the way I want, and if the originating speakers don't like it, too bad. Keep your word out of my language then. I have no excuse for mispronouncing English words.
Just saw it defined at another post as disconnected. I always looked at it as half-hearted, which is why I thought disconnected apt.
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dee-SULT-ehr-ee [could not find ASCII for the schwa e in the third syllable] 
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I pronounce(d) it as Aramis does. But it's wrong, I recently found out. Jackie's pronunciation is correct. Surprising, since she's a Kentucky girl [/duck].
FNA, what syllable has the emphasis in your pronunciation?
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dee-SULT-ehr-ee Is that ssssssssult, or zult?
Y'all're remindin' me of people who say MISS-uhl-ay-nee.
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Quote:
Y'all're remindin' me of people who say MISS-uhl-ay-nee.
Well, how do you all say it?
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Mis-SELL-uh-nee. I think people in Chicago say it the other way.
Well--I had to go look it up. Apparently either I'm a Brit, or I've heard it wrong my entire life. I never heard anyone, anywhere, say it the other way till I got to talking with some folks here. Weird.
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I say 'miscellaneous' without the -ous. .wav
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