What other pronunciations are there for "ancient"? AYN-chint.
Ank, like ankle, shent.
There were times, basically whenever he said it, that I thought it might be a legitimate reason to break up with my ex. But then I heard it elsewhere.
I'm a big girl. Just tell me.
Inara ,'Objects In Space'
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Cass - Jan 19, 2015 2:41:47 pm PST #15945 of 30002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Steph L. - Jan 19, 2015 2:43:40 pm PST #15946 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Tim pronounces "known" as 2 definite syllables: "know-uhn." It still throws me every time. And sometimes I catch myself doing it.
SailAweigh - Jan 19, 2015 2:45:50 pm PST #15947 of 30002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
And don't the Brits say AYN-see-ent? Don't know if that counts, though, there's a lot of differences between USian English and British English.
Connie Neil - Jan 19, 2015 2:45:51 pm PST #15948 of 30002
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Ank, like ankle, shent.
That's a new one.
EpicTangent - Jan 19, 2015 2:46:24 pm PST #15949 of 30002
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
According to Dictionary.com and the MacMillan Contemporary Dictionary on my desk, your ex (and whoever else) are wrong. You're right. Ank? You're SOOOO right.
beekaytee - Jan 19, 2015 2:47:00 pm PST #15950 of 30002
Compassionately intolerant
Ank, like ankle, shent.
Whuh?
I've never heard anyone say it that way. Not even in ain-she-ent times.
AYN-see-ent?
Heh. My people are from the Isles. Problee where I got it.
EpicTangent - Jan 19, 2015 2:48:47 pm PST #15951 of 30002
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
And don't the Brits say AYN-see-ent?
This I could let pass. I speak some Spanish, so I can see this pronunciation making sense. But "K"? Nope, Cass is right, he was wrong. Nuh-uh.
erikaj - Jan 19, 2015 2:49:01 pm PST #15952 of 30002
Always Anti-fascist!
Askye, that's cool. There are so many words like that, that I know from books but don't know how to say. I usually just wait for Keith Olbermann to say them, though since he's back in sports, even he doesn't he doesn't bust out $18 ones quite so much...$16.50 maybe.
Zenkitty - Jan 19, 2015 2:55:13 pm PST #15953 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I like it when the online dictionary gives me a pronunciation too.
beekaytee - Jan 19, 2015 2:55:26 pm PST #15954 of 30002
Compassionately intolerant
Cagney is actively growling at some non-existent thing in the closet. He's never done that before. Ever.
I'm all the way freaked out.