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Sunday, July 15, 2012
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The second syllable is normally silent in “interesting.” It’s nonstandard to pronounce the “ter,” and definitely substandard to say “innaresting.”
I keep saying the word without the 'ter' sound, and it feels completely wrong. In-res-ting? I don't know, maybe I'm saying it incorrectly, but it seems more accurate that people don't pronounce the 'e' and say 'in-tres-ting' instead.
I keep saying the word without the 'ter' sound, and it feels completely wrong. In-res-ting? I don't know, maybe I'm saying it incorrectly, but it seems more accurate that people don't pronounce the 'e' and say 'in-tres-ting' instead.
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