How do you say.....

[LaToada]

Mandatory

Man DATE ory

Mand a tory?

help settle an argument - thanks

Mand a tory

manda tory

Mand a tory.

Have just discovered I read Mand a tory but I say Man DATE ory

HTH

oh i am glad

i say mand a tory too

I say Man-dat-ry

is that wrong then?

I say it like Tommy does

manda tuhry.
Not quite a full tory, but not quite a tree either.

I say manda tree

no, now i say it over and over (and it loses all meaning) i think i say manda tree too, but definitely not with the empahasis on a big clumsy DATE in the middle

mandatury i think most accuratly reflects my pronounciation...arrrgh now i can't stop

Man-DATE-ory.

To all those who are saying mand-a-tory: how do you pronounce 'mandate'?

MAN-da-tory.

The other way sounds horribly.....American.

And Mandate is MAN-date.

yes, mandate is MAN-date, so emphasis remains on the first syllable, shouldn't be transferred to the second.