VoidCat
Use any and all pronouns including neo and it/it's
same
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Is AmEng Spelling Pagan?
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According to the New Oxford American Dictionary, both pronunciations are acceptable.
Like you, I say comfortable with four syllables.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
Me too. But both Brits and Americans elide syllables at times. For example Americans elide the second syllable in laboratory, it comes out lab bra tor ree. A Brit will hit all of them.
Please tell me you don't pronounce it with three syllables. I don't even pronounce it that way!
I pronounce it like the American English pronunciation sample here:
comfortable
1. Comfortable furniture and clothes provide a pleasant feeling and do not give…
I also pronounce dictionary, itinerary, mandatory, obligatory, etc., with a longer last syllable than in British English.
That's what I thought.I pronounce it like the American English pronunciation sample here:
comfortable
1. Comfortable furniture and clothes provide a pleasant feeling and do not give…dictionary.cambridge.org
I also pronounce dictionary, itinerary, mandatory, obligatory, etc., with a longer last syllable than in British English.
I pronounce it the second pronunciation here. Definition of COMFORTABLE
I've heard it both ways. Either way, though, I certainly don't pronounce it with a stress on the first syllable.
On which syllable do you please the emphasis? I'm not sure I've heard it another way.I've heard it both ways. Either way, though, I certainly don't pronounce it with a stress on the first syllable.
I don't noticeably stress any, although I suppose I still stress the first syllable more than the rest of the word.
My British friend pronounces it with a "tighter" O (in both instances where the O occurs), hence her comment about my pronunciation.
Heyo
Veteran Member
I tend not to notice it, focussing on the meaning of a text instead of the spelling.
A well educated person.
I try to consistently use international (British) spelling, pronunciation and vocabulary but that frequently takes conscious effort. Since writing and talking is partly an unconscious process, influenced by experience, I fall into American English sometimes in the presence of American speakers.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
It is so totally not my fault I can.never remember who uses gray and who uses grey.I think the perpetrator is a strange and terrible person
Amd I use a spelling like colour, just assume I'm watching more shows on British telly than on the American boob tube.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
At least you're actually from the South and a Southerner. I am not but so many people hear me talk, sans Southern Drawl, and think I'm from Texas.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Don't let them fool you, it's properly pronounced "come-fee"I've heard it both ways. Either way, though, I certainly don't pronounce it with a stress on the first syllable.