On 03/01/2018 14:41, Johnny B Good wrote:
On Wed, 03 Jan 2018 12:36:06 +0000, Robin wrote:

On 03/01/2018 02:08, Johnny B Good wrote:
I was watching the first episode of this six episode miniseries today
and at 40 minutes and 20 seconds in[1], was staggered to hear, for the
first time in decades, the *correct* pronunciation of the word
"Controversy" in a television broadcast.

What is your authority for "the *correct* [sic] pronunciation"?

I ask because:

a. AFAIK the there is nothing equivalent to the Academie Francaise
the
UK (or for England, Scotland etc);

b. the BBC (once the paragons of *received* pronunciation) recognise
the
*traditional* pronunciation given by some dictionaries is not the one
used widely as recognised by eg Longmans

c. other dictionaries - including the OED online - have caught up
with
modern usage and recognise both pronunciations which are common in the
UK as British English.

Given a conflicting choice, you'd naturally go for the one that offers
the best 'fluidity of the spoken word' rather than the one that
interrupts such fluidity with its cumbersome syllabic structure.


"None" would have been shorter



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