ameliorate AIBU?

[LightTheFlameThrower]

Is this really a standard word that most people know? (I thought it was a typo)

"And pronounce it like this:

Ah-mee-lee-oh-rate"

No, the leeoh is one sound, thinkg of it as 'lyo' or 'lyer' For your example to work the stress would have to be on the oh sound, but the stress is ont he second syllable.

@Gwenhwyfar

"And pronounce it like this:

Ah-mee-lee-oh-rate"

No, the leeoh is one sound, thinkg of it as 'lyo' or 'lyer' For your example to work the stress would have to be on the oh sound, but the stress is ont he second syllable.

I suck at phonics I'll admit that and I think was still doing syllables.Yeah it's kinda together "lyo". I hate phonics.

This thread has been an interesting read.

I had to explain the difference between discreet and discrete to a fellow English teacher this week.

"I suck at phonics I'll admit that"

I've never done phonics, it's a recent thing isn't it? Some online dictionary will probably give you the pronunciation in phonetics, which you can look up, and will show where the stress is.

Phonics is definitely not new. It just went out of fashion for a while.

I am post degree educated. I am a director in a blue chip company. I have never heard that word

Many people are “post degree educated”, as you call it. Ditto your second declaration. Are you trying to suggest that for those reasons you should have a very highly developed vocabulary?

@gottakeeponmovin

I am post degree educated. I am a director in a blue chip company. I have never heard that word

I'm an A level educated SAHM and I've heard of it. 😂

@ThanksItHasPockets

This thread has been an interesting read.

I had to explain the difference between discreet and discrete to a fellow English teacher this week.

Now this I would expect an English teacher to know.