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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2130495, member: 27832&quot;]You talk funny. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I usually pronounce <b>descent</b> and <b>dissent</b> about the same way -- di-SENT, emphasis on the second syllable, with the &quot;schwa&quot; sound in the first syllable. But <b>dissent</b> can take on more of a short-<b>i</b> sound in the first syllable, and <b>descent</b> might take on a long <b>e</b> if I&#039;m trying to speak very distinctly (although online dictionaries don&#039;t seem to list the long-e pronunciation).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Decent</b> is DEE-sent, emphasis on the first syllable, with a strong long <b>e</b>. If you tried to pronounce it the same as the other two, I&#039;d be very confused.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, off to see what other threads I can hijack with linguistic nit-picking... or perhaps not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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