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It's been haunting my very dreams.

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 12:41 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] swingandswirl
... wait, the second syllable in detritus rhymes with fry?

Nope, don't care, gonna continue pronouncing it deh-trih-tus and blaming the OED if anyone asks.

Date: 2019-10-27 08:49 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] flemmings
Me too. I don't need to hear either trai or try, which in Canuck English have different sounds.

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