On 31 Aug 2008 06:32:49 -0400, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:

>Stephen <mcavoysAT@aoldotcom> wrote:
>> A nod to a blind horse. ;)
>> I find that in a lot of posts on the internet you have to say to yourself. "Is
>> that a typo or what did he mean?" Especially when communicating between
>> different versions of English or generations.
>>  
>> "Equivilent" is a phonetic spelling of "equivalent" in certain areas of the UK.
>> I.e. that is how it is pronounced.
>
>  How do you pronounce "equivilent"? More precisely, how do you pronounce
>the wrongly-written "i" there? Do you pronounce it like in the word "life"?
>Or in the word "lit"? Or in the word "partial"? Why?

I'm not from MK either. ;) But I pronounce the wrongly-written "i" the same way
as I pronounce the first "i" but shorter, as in lit. Assuming, of course that
the "i" in lit is pronounced like "it".

I think?

Oh! Ee-quiv-i-lent or ee-kwiv-i-lent. BTW 
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Regards
     Stephen

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