Vehement!
How is it pronounced?
I use the second one on the very rare occasions I use the word.
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I usually say it like VEE-he-ment
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THIS, which wasn't on the poll, so I picked #1 which was similar.Jesus' Princess wrote:I usually say it like VEE-he-ment
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It has been added.
You may change your vote, or just keep it.
Either way works.
(Apparently, when you cahnge a poll, it erases all the votes, so please, revote. Sorry about that.)
You may change your vote, or just keep it.
Either way works.
(Apparently, when you cahnge a poll, it erases all the votes, so please, revote. Sorry about that.)
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Questions:bookworm wrote:I pronounce it correctly: vee-im-int
I can’t tell if that’s one of the options.
Where is the stress?
Is it VEE-im-int, vee-IM-int, or vee-im-INT?
If it's VEE-im-int, that's be fairly close to option three, I believe.
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*pronounces it to himself several times*~JCGJ~ wrote:Where is the stress?
There isn’t any. It’s just one tone. If I have to single one out it would be on the ‘vee’ but it’s next to imperceptible.
No, because it’s nothing close to 'uh' it’s all 'ih' like in 'mint' both times. Vee-im-int.~JCGJ~ wrote:that's be fairly close to option three, I believe.
Let me clarify what the "uh" represents...bookworm wrote:*pronounces it to himself several times*~JCGJ~ wrote:Where is the stress?
There isn’t any. It’s just one tone. If I have to single one out it would be on the ‘vee’ but it’s next to imperceptible.
No, because it’s nothing close to 'uh' it’s all 'ih' like in 'mint' both times. Vee-im-int.~JCGJ~ wrote:that's be fairly close to option three, I believe.
The "uh" is basically like that upside-down "e" in the dictionary, so it would be closest to the first one.
Do you want me to Google, copy, and paste an upside-down "e," so it makes more sense?
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It's called a "schwa" if you want to be technical about it...~JCGJ~ wrote:Let me clarify what the "uh" represents...bookworm wrote:*pronounces it to himself several times*~JCGJ~ wrote:Where is the stress?
There isn’t any. It’s just one tone. If I have to single one out it would be on the ‘vee’ but it’s next to imperceptible.
No, because it’s nothing close to 'uh' it’s all 'ih' like in 'mint' both times. Vee-im-int.~JCGJ~ wrote:that's be fairly close to option three, I believe.
The "uh" is basically like that upside-down "e" in the dictionary, so it would be closest to the first one.
Do you want me to Google, copy, and paste an upside-down "e," so it makes more sense?
If that’s what you meant by that, then yes that would be closest. But it’s not pronounced ‘uh’ so I was confused. Because some people to pronounce it vee-uh-munt, so I thought that’s what you meant there.~JCGJ~ wrote:The "uh" is basically like that upside-down "e" in the dictionary, so it would be closest to the first one.
According to A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by Oxford University Press, Fourth Printing, 1950 (which I just happened to come across and purchase at a rummage sale two days ago) I was correct. Both vowels are pronounced ‘ih’ like in ‘him’ and the ‘h’ is never heard. (So it’s not ‘vee-him-int’)
Ooh... That's fun to say... "Schwa!"Jesus' Princess wrote:It's called a "schwa" if you want to be technical about it...~JCGJ~ wrote:Let me clarify what the "uh" represents...bookworm wrote:*pronounces it to himself several times*~JCGJ~ wrote:Where is the stress?
There isn’t any. It’s just one tone. If I have to single one out it would be on the ‘vee’ but it’s next to imperceptible.
No, because it’s nothing close to 'uh' it’s all 'ih' like in 'mint' both times. Vee-im-int.~JCGJ~ wrote:that's be fairly close to option three, I believe.
The "uh" is basically like that upside-down "e" in the dictionary, so it would be closest to the first one.
Do you want me to Google, copy, and paste an upside-down "e," so it makes more sense?
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SAY IT HOWEVER YOU WANT TO SAY IT
SAY IT HOWEVER YOU WANT TO SAY IT
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Of course, as long as you acknowledge that if it’s not my way it’s wrong.Marvin D. wrote:SAY IT HOWEVER YOU WANT TO SAY IT
NEVER! I WILL NOT SUCCUMB TO YOUR ARROGANCE. THE TRUTH IS WITHIN US ALLbookworm wrote:Of course, as long as you acknowledge that if it’s not my way it’s wrong.Marvin D. wrote:SAY IT HOWEVER YOU WANT TO SAY IT
"I still see Marvin as a newbie that is just as cool as an oldie." --snubs
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It’s not arrogance. I’m not saying my way is right because it’s mine, I just happen to personally say it the linguistically correct way. Ergo, my way is correct.