Wednesday, July 11, 2007

US Pronunciation of "processes"

Some of my US colleagues pronounce "processes" with "eez at the end, similar to the end of "analyses".

This bothers me.

I looked it up, and found this page, which includes an interesting Usage Note at the end of the first defintion: http://www.answers.com/topic/process

This site thinks that this is a hyperconnection from, indeed, the pronunciation of "analyses" and other words of Greek origin. That makes me feel better.

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