[Ads-l] [Non-DoD Source] inde-fatigue-able (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Not quite. But close:

Induh-fuhteeg-ubbul.

Like you can't be fatigued.

JL

On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Mullins, Bill CIV (US) <
william.d.mullins18.civ at mail.mil> wrote:

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> > That's how a top CNN anchor (really) pronounces "indefatigable."
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> > / In d@ f@ 'ti g@ bl /
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> I don't' read IPA -- is this how Monty Python's Knights of the Round Table
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DvVzrQG-SA9A (see the line at 1:16,
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> "We're In-Dee-Fah-Tee-GAY-ble")
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