Chilly/Chillay

[Joel S. Berson]

This evening Diane Sawyer said (although once again this is
approximate, since I find it hard to listen to "the news -- gee
whiz!" type announcers) three "chill-lay"s to one "chilly".  Although
her lays are close to her lees.

Joel

At 10/13/2010 08:31 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>At 4:21 PM -0400 10/13/10, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>>I believe I heard Diane Sawyer say on the ABC evening news Tuesday
>>"chih-LAY-an" before handing off to another reporter, and when she
>>got the mike back saying "CHILL-ee".  But I'm not certain.
>>
>>Joel
>I think both of these are the majority pronunciation at least on
>network news:  "CHILL-ee" domesticated, "chih-LAY-an"
>(pseudo-?)Hispanic-style.  I wouldn't have batted an ear hearing
>either of these, or both in sequence, although "CHILL-ay" isn't that
>rare.
>
>LH
>
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