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Negative12DollarBill Mar 1

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Is the phrase “short-lived” pronounced:

#English #Pronunciation #Language

short LIVVD (rhymes with sieved)

98.6%

short LIGHVD (rhymes with thrived)

1.4%

Poll ended at Mar 8 at 5:43am.

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Will 🇯🇵Mar 1

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I can’t belive there’s a debate about this.

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Dan S

@wilpercy believe it. there's a debate about approx. 2/3 of the stuff I painstakingly learned to correct as a copy editor, only to be indirectly informed by the language and the culture that surrounds it that correctness is a moving target, whether we like it or not. I can't believe it's me saying this.
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