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Snicla
Feb 9th, 2009, 02:07 PM
Which one do you use?
angekfire
Feb 9th, 2009, 02:08 PM
I didn't even know pronunciate was a word, so I use enunciate.
nufan
Feb 9th, 2009, 02:09 PM
who cares
Rehan
Feb 9th, 2009, 02:13 PM
Pronounce.

Only nerds say enunciate.
SpillOnAisle9
Feb 9th, 2009, 02:14 PM
Which one do you use?

Both...proper pronunciation and enunciation are required at all times. The
words mean 2 different things. Look it up

You can enunciate very well while your pronunciation of the same word
can be dead wrong.
Snicla
Feb 9th, 2009, 02:17 PM
Both...proper pronunciation and enunciation are required at all times. The
words mean 2 different things. Look it up

You can enunciate very well while your pronunciation of the same word
can be dead wrong.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pronunciate
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/enunciate
SpillOnAisle9
Feb 9th, 2009, 02:25 PM
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pronunciate
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/enunciate

I can quote links too

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enunciation

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pronunciation

I'm getting the the noun and verb mixed up. When used as a verb
they are equivalent
danfromwaterloo
Feb 9th, 2009, 02:37 PM
Which one do you use?

Enunciate = when dealing with slurred speech "When you are drunk you don't enunciate your words". If you're unclear in your speech, you're not enunciating clearly.

Pronounce = when dealing with emphasis or spoken technique.

Think of how Americans pronounce "Aluminum" and how Britons pronounce "Aluminum"

Clarity vs. emphasis is the difference.

And there's no such thing as "pronunciate" - only "pronounce" and "pronunciation"
angekfire
Feb 9th, 2009, 02:39 PM
And there's no such thing as "pronunciate" - only "pronounce" and "pronunciation"

That is exactly what I thought.
Magoo
Feb 9th, 2009, 05:01 PM
It's like when people say conversate as opposed to converse.

Hip Hop murders the English language like no other.
RaTeD
Feb 9th, 2009, 05:04 PM
who cares

+1
ShadowVlican
Feb 9th, 2009, 05:51 PM
haha back formation...
Instagator
Feb 9th, 2009, 06:24 PM
+1

+2
Nikita
Feb 9th, 2009, 06:37 PM
And there's no such thing as "pronunciate" - only "pronounce" and "pronunciation"

Correct, there is no such word as 'pronunciate'.

It's like when people say conversate as opposed to converse.

Hip Hop murders the English language like no other.

Believe it or not, and much to my chagrin, 'conversate' is now in the dictionary...:cry:
_Allan_
Feb 9th, 2009, 06:51 PM
pronunciate is NOT a word, so I use enunciate.
goob3r
Feb 9th, 2009, 07:12 PM
I say "talk clearly".

Speak clearly.
Electricute
Feb 9th, 2009, 07:16 PM
Speak clearly.

owned
Snicla
Feb 9th, 2009, 09:58 PM
It's a word according to Oxford dictionary, and dictionary.com.

I know, I think it's ridiculous as well.
buddhababy
Feb 9th, 2009, 10:09 PM
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pronunciate
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/enunciate

Wow. I wouldna believed it if I hadna seen it. Pronunciate's a woid!
armandino101
Feb 10th, 2009, 01:28 AM
I piss-pronunciate a lot of my worms -- Ricky Gervais
new_vr
Feb 10th, 2009, 01:03 PM
Think of how Americans pronounce "Aluminum" and how Britons pronounce "Aluminum"

Actually, Britons even spell it differently:aluminium