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Levi
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Message 17 of 21

30 October 2009 at 1:38am | IP Logged

Yes, that is correct. We say "pleh-zure" here, like "pledger" minus the D sound.

Edited by Levi on 31 October 2009 at 1:39am
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30 October 2009 at 3:21pm | IP Logged

Levi wrote:

Yes, that is correct. We say "pleh-zure" here. "Pleasure" and "leisure" are pronounced like "pledger" and "ledger" minus the D sound.

In my experience (I'm from Northern California), people normally don't pronounce "leisure" to rhyme with pleasure, except maybe some older people in very careful speech.
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30 October 2009 at 3:39pm | IP Logged

As for 'leisure' All I've heard is 'lee-zhure'
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31 October 2009 at 1:39am | IP Logged

Yeah, that's what I meant. Whoops. "Lee-zhure", not "lezhure".
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Message 21 of 21

01 November 2009 at 8:19pm | IP Logged

sebngwa3 wrote:

No, they pronounce it like Pleh-zhure.
I thought you were talking about the consonant, sorry about that.

OK, thanks for clearing that up. Re-reading my question I see it perhaps wasn't clear enough.

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