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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Does ''-put'' in Lilliput sound the same as ''putt''?

Does ''-put'' in Lilliput sound the same as putt?
  

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Good question. I always thought it was a fictitious island, but I've never had occasion to say it or hear it said. " I just discovered I was wrong about that.

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  • I always thought it was a fictitious island, but I've never had occasion to say it or hear it said.
  • " I just discovered I was wrong about that.
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Good question. I always thought it was a fictitious island, but I've never had occasion to say it or hear it said. I've always thought the miniature inhabitants, Lilliputians, were pronounced with a long "u," like the sheep (ewe), or the word "youth." I just discovered I was wrong about that. My dictionary lists "Lilliputians" and pronounces the "u" as the "oo" in "boot." It doesn't list "Li
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Hi,

Interesting question. I've checked it here: http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=lilliput&submit=Submit (hover your mouse over the word in pink) and they give two options.
I had never heard the second one.
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TanitI had never heard the second one.

But I'm afraid the second one, the -putt one, is more correct, at least according to most references I have referred to.
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