...how Carradice is pronounced?

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I've always pronounced it Cara diss.
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colin54 wrote: 26 Mar 2023, 9:19pm Or as Stevie might have rhymingly put it, Pastime Paradise...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0S4SiLxt1s
We've been spending most of our lives lugging pastime Carradice.
And the last verse (of the better known cover) could be interpreted as a road safety message!
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How do you pronounce "prejudice"?
Or "injustice" or "precipice" or "liquorice" or "armistice"?
Let alone "apprentice" or "accomplice" or "service"?

I would suggest that there are hundreds of them.
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Mick F wrote: 27 Mar 2023, 10:24am How do you pronounce "prejudice"?
Or "injustice" or "precipice" or "liquorice" or "armistice"?
Let alone "apprentice" or "accomplice" or "service"?

I would suggest that there are hundreds of them.
There are no hard and fast rules in the pronunciation of English.
One new oddity which irritates me is that 'harass' and 'embarass' no longer rhyme.
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Nearholmer wrote: 26 Mar 2023, 11:04am Mister Google informs me that it is, perhaps disappointingly, of Scots, rather than Italian origin.
Mick F wrote: 27 Mar 2023, 10:24am How do you pronounce "prejudice"?
Or "injustice" or "precipice" or "liquorice" or "armistice"?
Let alone "apprentice" or "accomplice" or "service"?

I would suggest that there are hundreds of them.
Most of them are from French from Latin, including possibly all of those.

As above Carradice seems to have come from Scotland but I suspect that it's of Celtic origin rather than from the Germanic Scots.

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Mike Sales wrote: 27 Mar 2023, 10:29am ...
One new oddity which irritates me is that 'harass' and 'embarass' no longer rhyme.
Is that because of people putting the emphasis on the first syllable of harass and pronouncing the second vowel as a short a rather than a schwa?

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Mick F wrote: 27 Mar 2023, 10:24am How do you pronounce "prejudice"?
Or "injustice" or "precipice" or "liquorice" or "armistice"?
Let alone "apprentice" or "accomplice" or "service"?

I would suggest that there are hundreds of them.
I can think of a few…dice, mice, thrice, rice, price, splice, advice :wink:
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Paulatic wrote: 27 Mar 2023, 10:43am
Mick F wrote: 27 Mar 2023, 10:24am How do you pronounce "prejudice"?
Or "injustice" or "precipice" or "liquorice" or "armistice"?
Let alone "apprentice" or "accomplice" or "service"?

I would suggest that there are hundreds of them.
I can think of a few…dice, mice, thrice, rice, price, splice, advice
Definitely some of Germanic origin in that list. But advice isn't...

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Carradice.jpg
Please dinnae diss the 'dice.
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Paulatic wrote: 27 Mar 2023, 10:43am
Mick F wrote: 27 Mar 2023, 10:24am How do you pronounce "prejudice"?
Or "injustice" or "precipice" or "liquorice" or "armistice"?
Let alone "apprentice" or "accomplice" or "service"?

I would suggest that there are hundreds of them.
I can think of a few…dice, mice, thrice, rice, price, splice, advice :wink:
Is there a mono/poly syllabic split here, or is that purely coincidental?
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[XAP]Bob wrote: 27 Mar 2023, 11:41am
Paulatic wrote: 27 Mar 2023, 10:43am
Mick F wrote: 27 Mar 2023, 10:24am How do you pronounce "prejudice"?
Or "injustice" or "precipice" or "liquorice" or "armistice"?
Let alone "apprentice" or "accomplice" or "service"?

I would suggest that there are hundreds of them.
I can think of a few…dice, mice, thrice, rice, price, splice, advice :wink:
Is there a mono/poly syllabic split here, or is that purely coincidental?
It might not be coincidental if there's anything in those different origins.

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and "Miche" ?
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mig wrote: 27 Mar 2023, 11:48am and "Miche" ?
I used to pronounce it to rhyme with "niche" so something like "meesh". But then I learnt that it's an Italian company, not French, so I suppose it would be "meekay". But that sounds a bit silly in English. Similarly Campagnolo: do you pronounce it with the gn as ñ, or with the g and n separately, or ignore the g? All have their adherents, all are wrong, all are right.
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Bmblbzzz wrote: 27 Mar 2023, 12:01pm ...
Similarly Campagnolo: do you pronounce it with the gn as ñ, or with the g and n separately, or ignore the g?
...
ñ

It not only has Italian origin, it's an active Italian company.

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Paulatic wrote: 25 Mar 2023, 10:13am The very first word
Very helpful, thanks!

(but I'd like to note that I've seen Carradice bags - still in good condition - that looked older than that young "company director" .
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