I have the feeling I've never said 'subsidence' aloud. I've read it, obviously. I've said subsist,subsidy,subside.... I say sus-tin-ence, not sus-tayn-ence if that's indicative of anything.....
I also pronounce Slough all three ways -- Despond and the town are the same, the pond/ditch/bogs at home are slews, and exfoliation-related things are sluff. Most of my other pronunciations are US Murcan, though, and mostly coastal California. I would still have understood any of the pronunciations.
Some of my faves are Off-en Of-ten, Sa-mon Sall-mon, Los An-jel-es Los An-gle-ees (which is a clear indicator that an anglo person was raised in LA in the first half of the last century), spe-shul-ty spe-see-AL-i-ty ...
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Date: 2006-01-31 06:41 pm (UTC)Depends on whether you're talking about the shedding of dead tissue or the place, innit.
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Date: 2006-01-31 07:10 pm (UTC)Some of my faves are Off-en Of-ten, Sa-mon Sall-mon, Los An-jel-es Los An-gle-ees (which is a clear indicator that an anglo person was raised in LA in the first half of the last century), spe-shul-ty spe-see-AL-i-ty ...