InTEResting vs Intresting

[Peaches-n-Cream]

So which is the right way to pronounce interesting?

I guess few things are interesting to me because I can't remember the last time I said it.

[irishpipes]

I say in-ter-est-ing. I noticed along those same lines that when I moved to the southern midwest from Chicago, here people say INsurance and up North we said inSURance. Here they say UMbrella and up North we said umBRELLa.

[WCUgirl]

IN-ter-est-ing.

I think. Lol.

Another pronunciation that annoys me is cement (SEE-ment versus ce-MENT). That's mostly Southerners that do that though.

Or, oil: 'OL versus OY-el.

[AchtungBaby80]

I say "in-tresting," though many many people from the area where I was raised say it the other way. I always associate that pronunciation (in-ter-rest-ing) with the uneducated, which is unfortunate since I know that technically both are right.

[LightBulb]

Originally posted by AlphaFrog
If I'm seriously saying something is interesting I say "in-tresting". If I'm being sarcastic I say "InTEResting" and more slowly.

quoted because I'm lazy and agreeable.

[enigma_AKA]

I pronounce it the way it's spelled.

enigma_AKA

[DC_Zeta1920]

I pronounce it both ways. WHY, I don't know.

Originally posted by AXiD670
IN-ter-est-ing.

I think. Lol.

Another pronunciation that annoys me is cement (SEE-ment versus ce-MENT). That's mostly Southerners that do that though.

Or, oil: 'OL versus OY-el.

I thought I was the only one who is annoyed by this

Originally posted by honeychile
I say "interesting" - but I have problems saying "clasped", not "clap-sed". That's really bad, as "clasped hands" is all through everything that's ADPi!

I love the diamond and collapsed hands.... I NEVER could say that right!