Sega and outlier

[Wilson Gray]

FWIW, Webster's New World College has only AUT lai er. I can't recall
that I've ever heard this word pronounced in real life. I know that
I've never had occasion to speak it. The same is true of Sega. Again,
FWIW, I hear the pronunciation used in commercials only as SEH guh.

-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
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On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
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> Today, I heard a twenty-something-year-old say "SEH guh" and confirmed
> with a 21-year-old that both "SEH guh" and "SAY guh" are fine. I would
> say "SEH GUH" in Japanese, but only "SAY guh" in English. Perhaps my
> lack of media watching.
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> Also, I noticed the AHD doesn't give AUT LEE ur for "outlier." The
> word Outliers is on the lips of many today as the title of Gladwell's
> book. I'm trying to change from AUT LEE ur to OUT LAI ur as soon as
> possible so I seem less unhip. BB
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