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Re: NOT the Queen's English (was re: Lugnet Guide a lot less convenient today)
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Thu, 8 Mar 2001 20:37:05 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Maggie Cambron wrote:
> 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.
There are people who really pronounce dissect with a short i? Wow. I've
never heard it that way.
Steve
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