_Striped_

[Jonathan Lighter]

One cannot scan Innes Randolph's (in)famous (non-)parodic "I'm a Good Old
Rebel" song of 1866 without the two-syllable pronunciation.

Needless to say, most who sing it miss the irony (they want a hate
song). But they still need two syllables:

"I hates the starry banner, 'tis stri-ped with our blood!/ Them lyin',
thievin' Yankees, I fit 'em all I cud!"

JL

On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 9:22 PM, Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net> wrote:

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> > OED Online:
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> > striped, _adj._
> > Pronunciation:  /straIpt/
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> > This monosyllabic pronunciation is the only one sanctioned by the OED
> > Online, apparently, and this is also the only pronunciation found in
> > the 2nd ed.
> >
> > Absolutely *amazing*!
> >
> > I've used the dissyllabic pronunciation, [straIpId] all of my life,
> > with no idea that it was, at best, according to Websters's New World
> > and to Merriam-Webster, only an alternative pronunciation and one
> > peculiar to only a few regional U.S. dialects, at that.
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> MW3 shows both, without remark. Both seem natural to me; I think I
> probably use both myself. I'll take a look in DARE as soon as I get that
> fifth volume.
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> -- Doug Wilson
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