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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 21:12:37 GMT
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According to Mirriam Webster (www.m-w.com), it's pronounced either way.
Adrian
In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Steve Bliss writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Maggie Cambron wrote:
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> > 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.
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> There are people who really pronounce dissect with a short i? Wow. I've
> never heard it that way.
>
> Steve
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