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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>Hope someone can clear this up for
me. I am an artist working with metals and often finish the work with a
Patina. I have always heard it pronounced with the accent on the second
syllable..</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>and pronounced pa-TEEN-ah. The
dictionary puts the accent on the first ...PAT-in-ah.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>Is this an American/British
difference or what?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>Thanks and sorry if this is a very
basic question...I'm an artist not a linguist...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>Victoria</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>