Pronunciation: accusatory

PGdude · 8 Jan 2013 at 17:25

accuse a tory

haah unffuny joke

Devrij · 8 Jan 2013 at 17:54

FoxEye said:
I can't imagine anyone pronouncing it "acc-use-a-tory".

Try actually saying that. You end up having to pause after the "acc" in order to properly pronounce the "use" part.

Throwing my hat in with the "a-cues-a-tory" group.

Lol, I'm glad it isn't just me.

e: Bugger, I quoted the wrong post! I'm an accuse a tree person.

mrk · 8 Jan 2013 at 17:55

Simples: http://www.pronouncehow.com/english/accusatory_pronunciation

Pawnless Endgame · 8 Jan 2013 at 18:07

Same as 'accusation' innit, just -ory at the end instead of -ion.

nydryl · 8 Jan 2013 at 18:27

grimm said:
I would use "acc-u-zate-ory".

I think it's one of those words where both pronunciations are acceptable though.

This seems most likely.

Sleeve · 8 Jan 2013 at 18:30

a-cues-a-tory

muon · 8 Jan 2013 at 18:32

Etymology of the word gives the answer?

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accusatory

How would you pronounce these words?

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-atory#English

eddiemcgarrigle · 8 Jan 2013 at 19:35

accuse-a-tory, which is very easy to do as they are always up to something that they would rather you didn't know about.

estebanrey · 8 Jan 2013 at 19:39

I was always told that you should always stress the third from last syllable in long words, hence why it is "adVER-tiss-ment" as opposed to "adverTIZEment", and why 'harassment' is correctly pronounced as "HA-riss-ment" rather than the more popular (but wrong) 'Ha-RASS-ment'.

On that basis, it should be "ack-you-ZAY-terry"

Rotty · 8 Jan 2013 at 19:39

PGdude said:
accuse a tory

stockhausen says that is correct

estebanrey · 8 Jan 2013 at 19:51

I found the rule I mentioned above, apparently it's only true for words that end in in certain letters....

I'm still applying it and going with 'ack-you-ZAY-terry' though