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Sunday, April 26, 2009
Click?
The Simpsons is pronouncing clique as "click". I've always pronounced it "cleeeek".
How do you pronounce it?
5 comments:
karin
said...
i've always pronounced it how you do, but I've heard a lot of people say it as "click". I'm sure that I read the word before I ever heard it spoken, so it makes sense that I'd go with the french-based pronunciation.
OED has a long E (i.e. cleeeek/French pronunciation) but that entry comes from the Second Edition, which has not yet been revised to include non-RP pronunciations. Merriam-Webster has both. My Canadian Oxford is at work so I can't look until Monday.
5 comments:
i've always pronounced it how you do, but I've heard a lot of people say it as "click". I'm sure that I read the word before I ever heard it spoken, so it makes sense that I'd go with the french-based pronunciation.
"Cleeeeek"
Must be a Canadian/American thing?
@karin: now that you mention it, I read it long before I ever heard it as well. It's not actually a word you hear said out loud very often.
@Paul: I don't know, let's see if any USians (or anyone from other countries other than Canada) care to chime in?
In the US, it's pronounced "click". Here, I have only heard it pronounced "cleek". I was very surprised!
OED has a long E (i.e. cleeeek/French pronunciation) but that entry comes from the Second Edition, which has not yet been revised to include non-RP pronunciations. Merriam-Webster has both. My Canadian Oxford is at work so I can't look until Monday.
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