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- From: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal)
- Subject: Re: Hi Fi etc
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:53:22 +0000
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- >Uh? To me finance is /fei-nans/, and always has been. My dictionary
- >agrees with me. Or is this a bizarre joke?
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- Now I'm getting confused.
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- My dictionary lists the following pronunciations for "finance":
- /f@ 'n&n(t)s/, /'faI n&n(t)s/, and /faI 'n&n(t)s/. The most common
- American pronunciation (which I use) is the second, generally without
- the /t/. I was under the impression that the British tend to use the
- first. /fei nans/ (or, more probably, /feI n&ns/) would have the
- first syllable rhyme with "May" and "They".
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- Is this really what you meant, and (if so) where is it common?
-
- oops. Teach me to ask for the Ascii-IPA chart then not read it properly.
- I meant to say /faI-nans/ - to rhyme with cry or try... as opposed to
- the pronunciation I'm used to which rhymes with Finnan Haddie :-)
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- G
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