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Answer the question before you click, please: How do you say the word "detritus"?

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Yeah, M-W is right
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Nah, they absolutely gotta be trolling us somehow
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Date: 2019-10-27 04:40 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] darkoshi
It sounds correct to me with the first syllable as either Dee or Dih or even D' (without a particular vowel), similar to the word "decide". I always say the rest of the word the same as in the audio examples on that page.

Date: 2019-10-27 01:08 pm (UTC)
sabotabby: (books!)
From: [personal profile] sabotabby
Same. I was expecting something far worse.

Date: 2019-10-30 01:24 am (UTC)
cellio: (Default)
From: [personal profile] cellio
Same. With the accent on the second syllable, which is what I think I heard there.
Edited Date: 2019-10-30 01:24 am (UTC)

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