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Konterkarator Posted 18 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
Pronounciation of 'anaesthetize'?
How do you pronounce 'anaesthetize'? Several online dictionaries tell me it's ?'nes?i?tiz but I am quite confident that I have heard it pronounced as ?'nes?i?tiz (I hope the phonetic symbols show up correctly). Which one is correct? Are both acceptable?
Top answer
'ni:/.
- 'ni:/.
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At least in BrE the ending is /aiz/ and it is also possible to pronounce the beginning as /?'ni:/.
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Yes I'm talking about the beginning, the second syllable to be exact. I've heard it as /?'ni:/ but have never found that pronounciation in a dictionary. So both is possible?
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http://m-w.com/dictionary/anesthetize
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I thought they'd have both pronunciations, but they don't.
I, too, have heard it with nee in the second syllable, but not often -- not often enough to include it in that dictionary anyway.
CJ
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I thought they'd have both pronunciations, but they don't.
I, too, have heard it with nee in the second syllable, but not often -- not often enough to include it in that dictionary anyway.
CJ
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KonterkaratorYes I'm talking about the beginning, the second syllable to be exact. I've heard it as /?'ni:/ but have never found that pronounciation in a dictionary. So both is possible?Talking about dictionaries, my Cambridge Pronouncing Dictionary (Daniel Jones) says BrE is /?'ni: s/ and AmE is /?'nes/. Some variations for the first and third syllables are
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