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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_9878_32944438.1196189458810 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline It all depends on which style book you use, doesn't it? I would think that Cornell would be the most common (as in shared) reference for birders. Cornell says that PIE-lee-ay-tid and PILL-ee-ay-tid are both correct. The site yourdictionary.com does too, and has a button to hear the pronunciation. > > > All these pronunciations are out there, and arguably the birds don't > > actually care what they are called, however, technically the > > correct pronunciation should be "Pie'-lea-ate-ed", i.e. > > four syllables with the emphasis on first one and the "i" pronounced long. > > > > > > > ------=_Part_9878_32944438.1196189458810 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div><font size="2">It all depends on which style book you use, doesn't it? I would think that Cornell would be the most common (as in shared) reference for birders. Cornell says that PIE-lee-ay-tid and PILL-ee-ay-tid are both correct. The site yourdictionary.com does too, and has a button to hear the pronunciation.</font></div> <div><font size="2"></font><br><br> </div> <div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div class="gmail_quote"> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"> <div> <div> <div> <div> </div> <div>All these pronunciations are out there, and arguably the birds don't actually care what they are called, however, technically the correct pronunciation should be "Pie'-lea-ate-ed", i.e. four syllables with the emphasis on first one and the "i" pronounced long. </div> <div><br> </div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div> ------=_Part_9878_32944438.1196189458810--
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