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"Apprishiate" is more or less standard in NZ, get the pitcha?
That's pretty much the only way I've heard it pronounced, too.
Pennsylvania and Ohio are bordering states, so how is it possible that Rapunzel can't stand the only pronunciation I've heard?
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Rapunzel (I think) wrote: I often hear people pronounce "appreciate" as "apprishiate."
Are you making the distinction between "ap-ree-shee-ate" and "ap-ri-shee-ate" (difference of how that first e is sounded, like an e or an i) or between the sounds of the "ci," see vs. shee?
I rarely hear anything but ap-ree-shee-ate as the pronunciation.
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Are you making the distinction between "ap-ree-shee-ate" and "ap-ri-shee-ate" (difference of how that first e is sounded, like an e or an i) or between the sounds of the "ci," see vs. shee?
I rarely hear anything but ap-ree-shee-ate as the pronunciation.
Now that makes sense! A-prish-iate would be vomitous. 
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Are you making the distinction between "ap-ree-shee-ate" and "ap-ri-shee-ate"?Yes, I was. I should have made myself clearer. I consider the correct pronunciation to be "ap-ree-shee-ate," so "a-prish-iate" annoys me. Whew! Got it, everyone? 
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Apprishiate" is more or less standard in NZ, get the pitcha?
I live in Ohio also and that is the way I heard it pronounced---glad to hear that we would feel right at home among the New Zealanders. Because I think that is a fascinating country. Thanks Max and Jazz, for all the helpful info.
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Another pesky pronunciation problem persists in the word, nuclear. Most everyone I hear in the US, and many Brits, say "new-kya-ler" instead of "nu-klee-er." Now, can someone give me a new, clear explanation as to why the fusion of these three syllables produces a fission of logical pronunciation? Does this word violate the learned vowel/consonant relationships of English?
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Most everyone I hear in the US, and many Brits, say "new-kya-ler" instead of "nu-klee-er."
Here in nuclear-free NZ (subtle plug emoticon), the "standard" pronunciation is "nyu-clear", though "nu-kya-ler" and "nyu-kya-ler" are very common as well. If we can't even say the word, how can we be trusted to use it? (With humblest apologies to Baron Rutherford of Nelson)
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The appreciate thing started me thinking. I'm lead to believe the correct pronounciation of nude (and all it's derivatives) is actually nyude, which I rarely hear from people younger than 60. Also, one of my patients said she was going to sue (pronounced syue) if anything went wrong. I then realised that a number of my Asian friends pronounce tune and tumour as toon and toomour. Anyone else noticed this?
Rapport was established superficially.
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Which is correct? A long or a short i sound? And while we're at it, is the cc in capuccino pronounced as an s or a ch?
Rapport was established superficially.
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IIIIIIIIItalian! - We don't have short I.
Cappuccino - cci is like chee(se), similar to a sneeze. In fact, the onomatopeic way of writing a sneeze is
ecci' .
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