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How do YOU pronounce CONTROVERSY?

Con-trov-a-see
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Contra-versee
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Re: How do YOU pronounce...

Postby Footy Chick » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:03 pm

pafc1870 wrote:According to dictionary.com:
controversy [kon-truh-vur-see; Brit. also kuhn-trov-er-see]

According to thefreedictionary.com:
con·tro·ver·sy

= option 2 being correct


unless you speak the queens english then option 1 is correct ;)
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Re: How do YOU pronounce...

Postby HH3 » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:06 pm

Footy Chick wrote:
pafc1870 wrote:According to dictionary.com:
controversy [kon-truh-vur-see; Brit. also kuhn-trov-er-see]

According to thefreedictionary.com:
con·tro·ver·sy

= option 2 being correct


unless you speak the queens english then option 1 is correct ;)


Well den da queen must speak like dis den, init...
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Re: How do YOU pronounce...

Postby Media Park » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:26 pm

second one
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Re: How do YOU pronounce...

Postby The Dark Knight » Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:14 pm

Second option.
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Re: How do YOU pronounce...

Postby cripple » Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:31 pm

second one
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Re: How do YOU pronounce...

Postby DOC » Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:35 am

second one and I think this thread could make some
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Re: How do YOU pronounce...

Postby Psyber » Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:42 am

Dictionaries generally only reflect common usage so their advice about spelling, pronunciation, and grammar, changes over time.
They don't claim to tell us what is right.

However, some dictionaries are more conservative than others, like me perhaps, which is why I stick with the Oxford.
(And prefer older editions from before the fad for "anything goes" began. ;) )
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Re: How do YOU pronounce...

Postby Johno6 » Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:57 am

How do u pronounce Lego.....
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Re: How do YOU pronounce...

Postby GWW » Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:59 am

Lay-go
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Re: How do YOU pronounce...

Postby Barto » Sun Jan 22, 2012 12:41 pm

I won a radio quiz on 5AA a few years back with this question, it's the second option.
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Re: How do YOU pronounce...

Postby redandblack » Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:47 pm

What about Tomic's first name?

Berr-nard

Bernedd

B'nard (American?).
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Re: How do YOU pronounce...

Postby The Dark Knight » Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:06 pm

Johno6 wrote:How do u pronounce Lego.....

Like GWW- Lay-go
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Re: How do YOU pronounce...

Postby dedja » Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:30 pm

redandblack wrote:What about Tomic's first name?

Berr-nard

Bernedd

B'nard (American?).


... and his last name is Tom-ich, unless he's denouncing his Croatian heritage
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Re: How do YOU pronounce...

Postby The Ash Man » Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:31 am

The Dark Knight wrote:
Johno6 wrote:How do u pronounce Lego.....

Like GWW- Lay-go


Same, the other way is a pasta sauce...
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Re: How do YOU pronounce...

Postby Psyber » Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:18 am

dedja wrote:
redandblack wrote:What about Tomic's first name?
Berr-nard
Bernedd
B'nard (American?).
... and his last name is Tom-ich, unless he's denouncing his Croatian heritage
Beat me dedja, I was about to add that.
The first name pronunciation also depends on origin.
It tends to be more like Bern'd in the UK or Oz and B'nard in Europe.
Two long syllables seem to get a guernsey in some parts of the US.
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