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| chenshujian Diglot Senior Member ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5448 days ago 122 posts - 139 votes  Speaks: Mandarin*, English Studies: French | Message 1 of 3 25 September 2013 at 1:53am | IP Logged | ||
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Last night I was listening to a TED speech, where I found an American professor pronounced "interesting" as "in te resting".
But normally the word would be pronounced as "in tri sting", no? Is that some sort of accent or preferance to pronounce it like that? Edited by chenshujian on 25 September 2013 at 1:55am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| BonneVivante Pro Member Canada Joined 4856 days ago 33 posts - 59 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 3 25 September 2013 at 2:10am | IP Logged | ||
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Both are found in native English speech. I grew up in Canada and have also lived in the US and Scotland, and to my ear "in-ter-esting" is a more careful, formal pronunciation, whereas "intristing" is a quicker, more casual way of saying the word.
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| chenshujian Diglot Senior Member ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5448 days ago 122 posts - 139 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, English Studies: French | Message 3 of 3 25 September 2013 at 9:45am | IP Logged | ||
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