Perogative

[Neal Whitman]

Same goes for Bobby Brown's 1988 "My Prerogative".
http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=e46AdcReIPA

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Subject: Perogative


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> I assume Shania Twain's pronunciation of prerogative (pero) in "Man,
> I  Feel Like a Woman" follows popular culture. That's my
> pronunciation, too. It's really clear at 1:53 and 2:50 into the video
> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qns6Dt3McgQ). Because of the schwa,
> it's hard to tell the two apart. BB
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