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Ace Rimmer [pretending] Started conversation Oct 15, 2003
How do you pronounce the si in simultaneous?
Is it pronounced as in science or as in simulator?
I had a bit of an argument about it with my english teacher.
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MMF - Keeper of Mustelids, with added P.M.A., is now in a relationship. Posted Oct 15, 2003
I was always taught as in 'simulator', however the American way of enunciating it like 'science' seems to be the prefered way, as in 'Mee-graine' and 'My-graine'.
No winner I'm afraid.
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Baconlefeets Posted Oct 15, 2003
i say it as you would say simulator
its one of those like 'leisure'
you say 'leisure', we say 'lisuriay'
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Ace Rimmer [pretending] Posted Oct 15, 2003
Oh my God, I've been pronouncing it in an american way all this time!?
That's it, I'm telling her she's won, no way am I keeping it up like this! I can't believe this, urgh!
Oh the humiliation!
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Baconlefeets Posted Oct 15, 2003
you mean you've been saying leisure all this time?!
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Ace Rimmer [pretending] Posted Oct 15, 2003
YES! GOD YES! Oh dear heavens forgive me! I did not know, I did not know!
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Baconlefeets Posted Oct 15, 2003
well, consider yourself told. and remember the word herbs too!
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Oct 15, 2003
By the rules of English pronunciation, simultaneous should be pronounced sigh-mul-tane-ee-uss, but it isn't, except in America. In Britain, it is pronounced sim-ull-tane-ee-uss.
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Baconlefeets Posted Oct 15, 2003
Damn the izzisms! damn them all to hell! no nopt really, i love em to bits 
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Just Bob aka Robert Thompson, plugging my film blog cinemainferno-blog.blogspot.co.uk Posted Jul 11, 2011
The key to answering this question, from my viewpoint, is "simultaneity". Pronouncing it "SIGH-mull-tan-eh-itty" just sounds wrong.
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Pronounciation (subject quite possibly horribly misspelled and terribly unnecessary long)
- 1: Ace Rimmer [pretending] (Oct 15, 2003)
- 2: MMF - Keeper of Mustelids, with added P.M.A., is now in a relationship. (Oct 15, 2003)
- 3: Baconlefeets (Oct 15, 2003)
- 4: Ace Rimmer [pretending] (Oct 15, 2003)
- 5: Baconlefeets (Oct 15, 2003)
- 6: Ace Rimmer [pretending] (Oct 15, 2003)
- 7: Baconlefeets (Oct 15, 2003)
- 8: Gnomon - time to move on (Oct 15, 2003)
- 9: Baconlefeets (Oct 15, 2003)
- 10: Just Bob aka Robert Thompson, plugging my film blog cinemainferno-blog.blogspot.co.uk (Jul 11, 2011)
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