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How do you pronounce this word?
October 13, 2017 at 11:17 pm
I was watching a show and the way it was pronounced by two characters made my head spin.
The word is disheveled.
Do you pronounce it:
1. di-chev-uled
2. dis-hev-uled
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RE: How do you pronounce this word?
October 13, 2017 at 11:19 pm
*spins my head*
Figures.
I pronounce it the second way.
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RE: How do you pronounce this word?
October 13, 2017 at 11:21 pm
Well, OK, if you prefer a nice tomahto bisque. It's actually "dischevelled".
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RE: How do you pronounce this word?
October 13, 2017 at 11:24 pm
(October 13, 2017 at 11:18 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Raymond Luxury Yacht
There was a "1" there before. Thankfully, Tibs added that new thing where your original unedited post saved in a database can convey that I'm not crazy.
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RE: How do you pronounce this word?
October 13, 2017 at 11:27 pm
Dishevelled.
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RE: How do you pronounce this word?
October 13, 2017 at 11:54 pm
(October 13, 2017 at 11:50 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: Phonetically:
Deh-shev-eld
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RE: How do you pronounce this word?
October 13, 2017 at 11:54 pm
I pronounce it dis-shev-uled, personally. Then again, as someone who managed to learn to speak largely by watching television, from programs from areas whose approaches to the English language varied wildly (with a remarkable mix between American shows, British shows, and British shows dubbed for American audiences for some reason), and sometimes, I'd end up with pronunciations that nobody uses, I might not be the default source for pronunciations.
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