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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Maggie Cambron writes:
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> Say on, sister! A particular gripe for me is "irregardless," which for
> some reason sees a lot of use in my office. Further, as I've mentioned
> before, I am thoroughly vexed by "nukuler" in place of "nuclear."
> I'm not sufficiently pedantic to suggest that we in the US should return
> whole-hog to speaking British, but come on!
Yes on both counts! Here's one that was pointed out to me long ago by a Ph.D.
in biology: "dissect" does NOT rhyme with "bisect". The "dis-" has the same
short i as in the word "discord". And this makes sense when you think of the
meaning of the word-- it does NOT mean to cut something into TWO parts (for
that we have the word "bisect"!) but to cut it apart (as in disassemble). The
funny thing is I have since heard plenty of biologists pronounce it with a long
i.
Maggie
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