Pronouncing 'research' as 'r'search'

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My parents always tell me off for pronouncing the 'e' in research. They say this makes it 're-search', as in, looking for something again, and the correct way to pronounce it is 'r'search'. They both had posh private school/top-tier university educations, whereas I'm a local comp/no uni type,, so I suppose they do know best. The thing is everyone else I've ever come across seems to say 'rEsearch' and it feels silly when I force myself to say it their way. What do you think?

Doesn't help, but I hear it both ways and either sounds OK.

I don’t think it needs the eee emphasised, tbh.

Arse search?

I say it like your parents.

How do you say it without the E?

I think I say both.

'Here is my re-search'
'I was r'searching the diet of lowland streaked tenrec'

Yep, ruh-search, no ee sound. A well educated and highly literate boss corrected me on that when I was just starting out and I trained myself into saying it correctly.

Yes, r'search is correct.

I say rEsearch. It's like room. The posh way to say it is rm with very little o pronunciation but I'd say room.

r'search when it's a verb, ree search when it's a noun.

I do this too. I generally pronounce the ‘e’ if I’m using it as a noun but not if it’s a verb. I have absolutely no idea why.

One is British accent (stress on search) and the other is American (stress on Re, when used as a noun).

See also words like "reverse" (used as a noun) which I've heard pronounced REverse in an American accent.

I believe this is the American rule (which has filtered over here). In old fashioned British accent, the noun and verb are pronounced the same, stress on Search

Americans do this with lots of noun-verbs, like "detail"; in English the verb and noun are the same pronunciation (this is detailed; can I have more detail) but in American they'd say "this is deTAILed; can I have more DEtail)

I put the emphasis on the second half.
So ri-SEARCH, not REE-search.

I think the latter is creeping in, as it's the American pronunciation, and we can rarely escape those for long.

But now I think about it, like a pp, I've found myself using it as the noun pronunciation.

So:
I'll ri-SEARCH that

I read the REE-search on that

I teach a research based subject and am forever telling students and colleagues it is r'search. Unsuccessfully.

Yep, it's the British vs the American pronunciation. When I lived in the UK, I said
'r'search' but here in the US, it's 're-search.'

I'd always say r'search, for both noun and verb.

I’ve not thought about it before reading this thread. I pronounce it both ways, mostly following the verb/noun pp have defined, but not always. It’s in my job title, but I don’t think I’m even consistent with that.

R-search is traditional British pronunciation. RE-search is American. But most people do a blend nowadays.

I say both depending on the sentence.

I'd say "Have you done any REsearch"?
But I'd say "I want to r'search it"

Does regional accent not come into it? I'm Liverpudlian and to me r'search sounds southern or RP. My family would be classified as relatively posh scousers, but we definitely all say ree-search.

And so do I!

I think both are fine.
I think I use a combination of the two.
It's not really like it's a pronunciation error. Just two different ways of saying it.

I'm American. In American English, generally the noun has emphasis on the first syllable, but the verb has emphasis on the second syllable.

There are regional variations though. I'm in the Southern US, and here quite a few people use the noun pronunciation for both.