If you are a pedantic fuckhead who bitches about how people pronounce...

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feeds@yuku.com (yukugajoob) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:07:59 GMT

A prime example of ap-uh-rish-uhn (aka harassment)

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feeds@yuku.com (apparition) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:06:11 GMT

The Beatles are overrated.

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feeds@yuku.com (yukugajoob) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:02:46 GMT

ap-uh-rish-uhn

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feeds@yuku.com (apparition) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:01:40 GMT

How do you pronounce 'harassment' and 'penalize'?

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feeds@yuku.com (yukugajoob) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:53:39 GMT

Not "wrong," just not "preferred." Refer to the op for guidelines.

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feeds@yuku.com (honeybadger) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:52:38 GMT

well obviously it's a pronunciation currently in use, or else I wouldn't have brought it up. I'm not saying people don't use it, I'm just saying it's wrong.

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feeds@yuku.com (yukugajoob) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:49:42 GMT

My guess is that the online version of m-w.com is pretty close to the hard copy and can be verified by other users.

And, yes, "kleek" is listed first so would be the "preferred" pronunciation, but based on the op's guidelines, then "klik" is also acceptable. I listed "klik" first because that was the pronunciation being debated.

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feeds@yuku.com (honeybadger) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:40:59 GMT

I don't understand "click" at all. unique, antique, boutique, critique, technique, oblique... every other word in the english language ending with -ique is pronounced the same way except for clique? also, if we're using online dictionaries as our sources, m-w.com lists "kleek" first. so does dictionary.com

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feeds@yuku.com (yukugajoob) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:25:49 GMT

While "neesh" is an alternate pronunciation, the first pronunciation listed at both dictionary.com and m-w.com is "nich." m-w also allows "nish."

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feeds@yuku.com (survivorjb2003) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:08:00 GMT

Pseudo Propaganda wrote:
And niche is pronounced nitch.

No, niche is pronounced neesh. Clique is definately click though, unless you want to be pretentious and pretend you're French, in which case it'd be kleek.

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feeds@yuku.com (Beefcake) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:41:27 GMT

Hell, I don't know. And I don't care. Mostly, I think that people who have a need to "correct" how other people pronounce words are usually trying to use language to reinforce the class structure ("I am so much better than you because I pronounce words 'properly'") rather than to communicate.

Elitism annoys me.

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feeds@yuku.com (yukugajoob) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:36:34 GMT

So, then, your position is that it is a regional dialect.

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feeds@yuku.com (Beefcake) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:32:02 GMT

I say "Libarry", "sammich", "warsh" and "Missourah'. I've never had anyone not understand what I mean by those words.

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feeds@yuku.com (yukugajoob) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:24:16 GMT

Agreed. But is "liberry" a mispronunciation or a regional dialect?

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feeds@yuku.com (Beefcake) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:20:39 GMT

There's a difference between mispronouncing a word and using a regional dialect.

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feeds@yuku.com (yukugajoob) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:03:43 GMT

Niche IS pronounced "nich," but clique can be pronounced "klik" or "kleek."

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feeds@yuku.com (Pseudo Propaganda) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:15:06 GMT

And niche is pronounced nitch.

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feeds@yuku.com (survivorjb2003) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:58:35 GMT

honeybadger wrote:
Niche as "nitch" and clique as "click" have always bothered me.

Clique IS pronounced click.

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feeds@yuku.com (RomCen) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:31:33 GMT

I say warter instead of water and also warsh for wash. I blame my parents. They both grew up on cotton farms in Georgia. And I can't even SAY the words cinnamon or aluminum with getting tongue tied..

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feeds@yuku.com (tke034) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:46:29 GMT

My sister in law does that. She also says coo'n't, woo'n't, libarry, and she says Tyenall instead of Tylenol.

My poor niece and nephew.

If you are a pedantic fuckhead who bitches about how people pronounce...

feeds@yuku.com (Mister Peepers) — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:01:52 GMT

...words, I'd like you to shut the fuck up. There are regional pronunciations. If the dictionary lists multiple pronunciations, all are acceptable.

That having been typed, if you say irregardless, you need to die.