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07-10-2012, 05:44 PM
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How do you you pronounce "disparate"?
It just bugs me, that's all.
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07-10-2012, 05:47 PM
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I didn't exhaust all possibilities.
this is how it's "supposed" to be pronounced, btw: Spoiler:
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#3
07-10-2012, 05:53 PM
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I've had at least three instances this year where I've gotten a funny look after saying dis-per-it. I think it's one of those words that everyone gets wrong. Kind of like Maraschino.
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07-10-2012, 05:54 PM
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pith of dithpair
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07-10-2012, 07:33 PM
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dis-pare-it
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07-10-2012, 08:23 PM
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i found out the "proper" pronunciation of oxymoron relatively recently, and it's a lot more fun to say than the usual American pronunciation
but i can't use that pronunciation generally, as only the most insufferable pedants would recognize it
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#8
07-10-2012, 08:49 PM
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dis"-p(schwa)r-it'
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07-10-2012, 09:11 PM
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dis-pair-it
In my defense, I learned how to say if from the teevee.
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