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Old 08-11-2006, 12:14 AM
ddubois ddubois is offline
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Default Re: Words you pronounced wrong for a long time (or others do)

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I thought eschew was "eh-SHOO" for many years.

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Eh-Shoo is the more common (and correct) way to pronounce this word.

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Interesting. Neither dictionary.com, nor the audio book Verbal Advanatage (where I first learned of my 'error'), even mention a pronunciation other than es-CHOO.
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