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etiolated" and "inchoate"
Dear BobY
So glad you mentioned those words ... I've always had trouble with the pronunciations...the OED pronuniation is no help can't understand it (thick as a brick -e)
Help me with easily used pronouce guide PLEASE?
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etiolated and inchoate
inchoate -- in-KOH-et
etiolated, by most people -- EE-tee-oh-late-ed
but by inveterate Latin scholars -- EE-see-oh-late-ed
Hope that makes better sense than OED's pronunciation guide.
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Dear Bob: interesting (but not contradiction) my dictionary give "etiolate" as derived from a French word, with no mention of Latin antecedent.
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etiolate
Bill, you're skipping around the edges of a logical fallacy, but not quite falling in. I didn't say it was Latin; but on the other hand, a word derived from French is generally from Latin in turn, unless it's from a Celtic Gallic word or some other peculiarity. As to why a Latin-influenced pronunciation if it's not Latin, don't ask.
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and inchoate
inchoate -- in-KOH-et -- etiolated,-- EE-tee-oh-late-ed
or-- EE-see-oh-late-ed
Boby Thank you, dear.
Having ATOMICA down for frour days was a real pain in the arse.
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