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hi-pear-bowl-ee 12 41.38%
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hi-per-bowl 11 37.93%
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Old 02-05-2019, 11:54 AM #1
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I am so confused right now. Just heard someone on a show saying

hi-pear-bowl-ee

I have always pronounced this hi-per-bowl and it had me not even understanding what the sentence meant at first before I clicked on to what it was. And now the internet tells me that number 1 is correct? Surely not..and surely someone would have pointed this out to me before now if I was mispronouncing quite that much..
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hi

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( and that is te correct way btw)
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I say it the first way but always feel weird saying it as if it's wrong
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Oh wait no

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I believe the correct way to pronounce it is hy, per be lee

Its a bit like Persephone, which is not prounounced per se phone
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go google the word - the proper pronounciation is there and you can listen

and its not hyper-bowl
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I believe the correct way to pronounce it is hy, per be lee

Its a bit like Persephone, which is not prounounced per se phone
I have never seen that word before in my life. But yes, I would pronounce that per se phone most likely, if I ever used it.

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I have never seen that word before in my life. But yes, I would pronounce that per se phone most likely, if I ever used it.
When I came to the UK first I pronounced someones name as Persephone, everyone fell about laughing, Its Pers se Phony
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Wait, people actually pronounce it as hyper-bowl? :/
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I genuinely thought til today that thats how it was said yes

I could not make sense of something someone said on a TV show, searched for hyperbowlee thinking its a word I have never came across. And went
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i mean people say pacific when they mean specific so
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i mean people say pacific when they mean specific so
Erm, please tell me this isnt another I get wrong. Given specific is pacific just starting with s
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I'm pretty sure though that I've never actually said the word out loud
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Erm, please tell me this isnt another I get wrong. Given specific is pacific just starting with s
I think he mean when people say pacific instead of specific?
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( and that is te correct way btw)
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Hi, per bolly.
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Hi Purr Bolly

Edit: Soz, LT's already said that. But better.

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When I worked at a college, there was a member of the admissions team who used to tell people, "you can either study for a diploma or a sustifikit".
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This is the correct way and I won’t hear any different.
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/hʌɪˈpəːbəli/

According to google. So it seems like its: High - purr - belly
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