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Subject: Re: Pronuncing the word "wilderness"
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 22:32:17 -0400
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"Daniel Masse" <pas_de_spam_masse.dan@free.fr> wrote in message
news:4325c6c2$0$14375$636a55ce@news.free.fr...
> Hello !
>
> I am French... hence my question : I always thought that the word
> "wilderness" was pronunced like "wild", but I heard americans from the NW
> pronuncing the word like "weelderness" : who is right ?
You can hear the pronunciation here by clicking on the little red speaker.
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=wilderness&x=11&y=14
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