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(...) There are people who really pronounce dissect with a short i? Wow. I've never heard it that way. Steve (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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According to Mirriam Webster (www.m-w.com), it's pronounced either way. Adrian (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) *sigh* Yeah, that's the thing about the English language, it is constantly evolving (some might say devolving!)-- otherwise I suppose we'd all go around talking like Chaucer's characters. The rate at which one accepts these changes is one of (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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