How do you pronounce 'advertisements'?

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  [Deleted User] Posts: 9,455

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  15/02/10 - 19:54 #27

  spikydog wrote: »

  Definitely adver-tiss-ment. I think I'd do a double-take if anyone were to pronounce it as adver-tize-ment.

  Dictionary.com has it both ways (click the little sound symbol)
  
  http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/advertisement
  
  Maybe it just depends where you live?

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  [Deleted User] Posts: 5,742

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  15/02/10 - 19:58 #28

  Confusing wrote: »

  Dictionary.com has it both ways (click the little sound symbol)
  
  http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/advertisement
  
  Maybe it just depends where you live?

  
  
  I think it does.
  I have relatives that live in Wigan, I live in Manchester. I pronounce the word book, "buk". They pronounce it "b-ew-k".
  
  
  Anyway to answer the OPs question, I pronounce the word advertisement.. "adver-tize-ment".
  
  Maybe I should try pronouncing it the other way ...

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  15/02/10 - 20:18 #29

  "tise"
  
  I've never heard "tiss" except on English telly.

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  boxx Posts: 5,335

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  15/02/10 - 20:38 #30

  I guess it works both ways then:)
  
  In Bolton some people can't say year, saying yeeyer instead:D

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  Andy Birkenhead Posts: 13,450

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  15/02/10 - 20:41 #31

  "Ad - ver - tiss - ments"
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  "Adverts":D

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  Libitina Posts: 2,430

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  15/02/10 - 20:52 #32

  4444 wrote: »

  Ad-ver-tiss-ment.

  I say it this way.

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  15/02/10 - 21:01 #33

  boxx wrote: »

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  In Bolton some people can't say year, saying yeeyer instead:D

  
  Oh I say that too and I am not in Bolton
  
  OT I say ad-ver-tis-ment but not all members of my family say it that way.

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  eugenespeed Posts: 66,695

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  15/02/10 - 21:42 #34

  Ad-ver-tize-ments

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  15/02/10 - 21:54 #35

  boxx wrote: »

  I guess it works both ways then:)
  
  In Bolton some people can't say year, saying yeeyer instead:D

  
  Those Bolton folk are funny though - they pronounce 'bus' as 'buzz'. Not as bad as York though where they pronounce 'toad' as 'turd'. :eek:

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  15/02/10 - 21:57 #36

  penguin301 wrote: »

  Those Bolton folk are funny though - they pronounce 'bus' as 'buzz'. Not as bad as York though where they pronounce 'toad' as 'turd'. :eek:

  
  I remember Fred Dibner saying that he was about to do a dee-mon-ster-ation, or was that demonstration.
  
  Still enjoy watching his programmes.
  
  Oh, Adver-tiss-ments for me too, or Where've I put that remote?.

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  15/02/10 - 21:58 #37

  4444 wrote: »

  Ad-ver-tiss-ment.

  flowerpowa wrote: »

  Me too, that is the English pronunciation.

  
  I'm the same

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