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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Intimate pronounced as /'ɪntɪmət/? Or //ˈɪntəmɪt/?

Context:

Religion had an intimate association with alchemy during the Middle Ages.
  

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t/? t/? The difference is subtle and both are in common use (or at least the range of possible individual and regional variations subsumes both transcriptions).

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  • t/?
  • The difference is subtle and both are in common use (or at least the range of possible individual and regional variations subsumes both transcriptions).
  • t/ myself.
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NL888Intimate pronounced as /'?nt?m?t/? Or //'?nt?m?t/?
The difference is subtle and both are in common use (or at least the range of possible individual and regional variations subsumes both transcriptions). I would probably transcribe it as /'?nt?m?t/ myself.

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