I've heard it pronounced either way. or is that
eether way?
--- Wally Kairuz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i have always wondered if canadians pronounce
> clandestine clan-DES-tine,
> rhyming with man-BEST-wine, instead of the more
> usual way paul i has
> mentioned.
> wallyk, always the phonetics buff
>
> >>
> she perverts the pronunciation of clandestine, the
> preferred pronunciation
> of
> which has a silent e on the end and the accent on
> the middle syllable.
> Pronunciation: klan-'des-t&n
> Maybe she should have tried to rhyme something with
> liebfraumilch instead of
> Rhine wine.
>
> Paul I
>
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