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13-12-2010, 08:06 AM
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OK, so here's a couple that I hear pronounced differently - how do YOU say ...
cotoneaster
is it 'cotton Easter' or 'co tone ee aster' ?
lichen
is it 'lie ken' or 'li chen' ?
and what about Scaup?
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13-12-2010, 08:27 AM
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Willowjay
I have always got away with
co-tone-ee aster
li ken
Scorp
then again some people are just too polite to put you right. |
13-12-2010, 08:48 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by healfdan  Willowjay
I have always got away with
co-tone-ee aster
li ken
Scorp
then again some people are just too polite to put you right. | Yep- that's how I'd pronounce them.
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13-12-2010, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Wild-Woman Yep- that's how I'd pronounce them. | And me. 
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13-12-2010, 09:15 AM
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Oh dear, I've always said 'Scowp' to myself. But then I don't get many in my back garden. |
13-12-2010, 09:19 AM
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''liTchen''
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13-12-2010, 09:20 AM
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I always say Cotton Easter, lie ken. Never seen a Scaup so never had to say it out loud  In my mind it's always been scowp though!
Another one for me is Clematis, clemaytis or clem a tis?
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13-12-2010, 09:39 AM
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'Clem-hay-tis with a softly pronounced 'h'...
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13-12-2010, 09:51 AM
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Cot-own-ee-as-ter; like-en; scop;clem-a-tiss.
Stressed syllables underlined.
Edelweiss. A-del-vice or idle-vice? (I enjoy the latter . . .)
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13-12-2010, 10:04 AM
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Edelweiss. A-del-vice or idle-vice? (I enjoy the latter . . .)[/quote]
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