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Mandy Nelson · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:00 pm Post subject: I invite you to know

I learned something today that seems really silly on the outset but then I realized others might learn from it, too.

The proper pronunciation of invite is not IN-vite but in-VITE. I have been pronouncing it wrong for years (off and on, as sometimes I know I've said it the proper way) and no one has ever corrected me until a client did so today. I was very grateful.

So perhaps you can learn from my years of mispronunciation.
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ConnieTerwilliger · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:56 pm Post subject:

Keep IN-vite for a character read.
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Frank F · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:17 pm Post subject:

Now that an in-VIT-ing piece of knowledge.

Thank you.

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Michael Schoen · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:30 pm Post subject:

Just like INsurance is certain parts of America.
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Lizden · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:21 pm Post subject:

I've always said "in-VITE" for the verb "to in-VITE someone to something"

BUT

Colloquially the verb has in the past decade or so, also turned into a noun:
"Thanks for the IN-vite"...but again that's more a colloquial usage and not technically correct...at least I don't think so.

Ahhhh.....English can be SO confusing!
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According to the American Heritage dictionary which is what we used when we were teaching phonetics and diacritics, both pronunciations are acceptable, but have different grammatical usages:

in⋅vite /v. ɪnˈvaɪt; n. ˈɪnvaɪt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [v. in-vahyt; n. in-vahyt] Show IPA verb, -vit⋅ed, -vit⋅ing, noun

Bruce · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:28 am Post subject:

I do radio and TV ads for a Federal Bank in the Midwest and they insist that I pronounce it with two syllables instead of three: fed-rel.

Sure I'll mispronounce it for them. Hey, they help me pay my Fedrel taxes.

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Deirdre · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:32 am Post subject:

In South Carolina the word "battery" has 2 syllables.
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Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:00 pm Post subject:

ignernt* here in utahr.

*ignorant (often used to describe someone or something as uncool or maddening. honestly.)
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Mike Harrison · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:16 pm Post subject:

Of course, we can't forget 'Vetrans' (veterans) Day.

And the current 'tempicher' is 72 degrees.
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