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negotiation pronunciation

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Sick · 09/01/2021 16:48

Is it an English thing to pronounce negotiation with an S in place of the first T? So SEE instead of SHEE.

I was listening to the radio yesterday and both presenters said "negoSiation" and just now people on gogglebox were saying it like that too.

I'm confused and wondering if everyone has always said it like that and I've just never noticed.

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PumpkinPieAlibi · 09/01/2021 16:56

I don't.

I've heard the SEE pronunciation but have always said negoSHEEation as do most people I know.

Raera · 09/01/2021 16:57

I say SEE

MrsWhistledown · 09/01/2021 16:58

I say it with a "sh" sound

Somuddled · 09/01/2021 16:58

She

Seymour5 · 09/01/2021 17:03

She.

dementedpixie · 09/01/2021 17:06

She

WeeDangerousSpike · 09/01/2021 17:06

She. I think see is RP maybe. I noticed the characters on the crown saying it like that.

eurochick · 09/01/2021 17:09

I say see. If I try to put a she in there I sound like Sean Connery.

Sick · 09/01/2021 17:15

Those of you that use SEE do you do the same with similar words? Like substantiate, initiate, differentiate?

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PenelopeStern · 09/01/2021 18:00

Negosheeashun. ( not how I spell it! Grin)

SillyOldMummy · 11/01/2021 12:00

See, it's posher. AppreSEEate is the same.

PippinsOfPogleWood · 11/01/2021 12:04

I say SHE. It's a bit like 'issue'. Most people say ishoo, but I've noticed quite a few people on the radio saying issyou (and tissyou).

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