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freaky_kid
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Sunday 6/28/09 - 12:24:39 PM
Pres-steezh.  Neither? |
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Bogchump
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Western US
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Sunday 6/28/09 - 12:41:04 PM
Neither. I pronounce it Pres-ti-giggy, but I don't understand how spelling works. |
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mise
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Europe
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Sunday 6/28/09 - 12:48:51 PM
I pronounce it Prest-eege. Or something to that effect. So I think it's more similar to the second option but not quite there. |
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whitespirit
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Europe
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Sunday 6/28/09 - 12:50:56 PM
Most of the time Pres-tidge. |
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Mispelled
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Western US
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Sunday 6/28/09 - 12:55:54 PM
accent second syllble. The other way is stupid. |
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Sunday 6/28/09 - 1:02:38 PM
PresTEEJ
So, neither of your options. |
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Sunday 6/28/09 - 1:06:31 PM
Not exactly like the first option but definitely with a long ee in the 2nd syllable. |
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Sunday 6/28/09 - 1:08:52 PM
On Sunday 6/28/09 - 1:02:38 PM cryndigo wrote:
PresTEEJ So, neither of your options. |
this seems close to me- - what the heck are your options about? |
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mysocks
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Western US
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Sunday 6/28/09 - 2:04:02 PM
Pres-teezh.
The second option is just kind of retarded. I'm pretty sure the official pronunciation is closer to the first option. |
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Sunday 6/28/09 - 3:06:59 PM
what's with some people ending in a z sound? mine is a definite j sound. Do some americans really end in a z sound? |
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Sunday 6/28/09 - 5:02:10 PM
On Sunday 6/28/09 - 3:06:59 PM glennh70 wrote:
what's with some people ending in a z sound? mine is a definite j sound. Do some americans really end in a z sound? |
Maybe in American English the z sound is more like ss in British English? |
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Sunday 6/28/09 - 5:05:28 PM
On Sunday 6/28/09 - 3:06:59 PM glennh70 wrote:
what's with some people ending in a z sound? mine is a definite j sound. Do some americans really end in a z sound? |
"zh" is a distinct sound on its own...I don't really know how to describe it any way other than "zh" |
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Sunday 6/28/09 - 5:08:21 PM
On Sunday 6/28/09 - 3:06:59 PM glennh70 wrote:
what's with some people ending in a z sound? mine is a definite j sound. Do some americans really end in a z sound? |
On Sunday 6/28/09 - 5:05:28 PM Kungfullama wrote:
"zh" is a distinct sound on its own...I don't really know how to describe it any way other than "zh" |
are you talking about the first sound in the French 'je' ? |
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Sunday 6/28/09 - 5:12:50 PM
yes! that's the same sound.
anyways, that's how I pronounce prestige. the second one just sounds silly. |
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Sunday 6/28/09 - 6:12:51 PM
All of you people who are confused want the first option. You are just syllabifying it wrong.
(Rants about how English sucks as a phonetic meta-languge.) |
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Briony
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Australia / NZ
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Sunday 6/28/09 - 7:40:27 PM
On Sunday 6/28/09 - 12:48:51 PM mise wrote:
I pronounce it Prest-eege. Or something to that effect. So I think it's more similar to the second option but not quite there. |
me too
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