They keep saying \ˈdī-əs\.
The Merriam-Webster app has \'dā-əs\. M-W Online gives \ˈdī-əs\ as “nonstandard.” The more we hear members of Congress sounding a long i, the more difficult it becomes to hear the long a as right.
Thursday, December 12, 2019
All dais long
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I haven't been listening to the past few days as much as I did the Intelligence Committee hearings, so only heard this pronunciation once, I think. But I noticed it and thought, What?
ReplyDeleteI wish I’d kept track. But I heard people from both parties. And I didn’t hear the long a at all.
ReplyDeleteChris Hayes just said it correctly!
ReplyDeleteHuzzah!
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