Posted May 16, 2017, 3:32 PM
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Unapologetic Occidental
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Province 2, Canadian Empire
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Originally Posted by kwoldtimer
So, this week I heard someone being interviewed on CBC Radio say "normalcy" as though it had four syllables (nore-MAL-a-see) rather than three (NORE-mal-see). It reminded me a bit of the way many people pronounce "erudite" with four syllables (AIR-ee-uh-dite) rather than three (AIR-uh-dite or AIR-yuh-dite).
I don't think that either of those four syllable pronuciations would be exclusively Canadian, but I wonder if there are many other words where people routinely add non-esistent syllables?
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You mean like new-kyull-lurr?
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