[Ads-l] Diaspora

[Laurence Horn]

I've only ever heard the antepenult version, and indeed find only that
option in various dictionaries. Probably a spelling pronunciation by
someone who noticed the presence in the root of "spore".  Or is a fan of
dinosaura.

On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 4:10 PM Bwh031451 <bwh031451 at gmail.com> wrote:

> pronounced as DI-a-SPOR-ah by Nermeen Shaik on Democracy Now!
>  https://www.democracynow.org/2022/12/15/iran_protests_sussan_tahmasebi
> (40:30)
>
> Merriam-Webster has only second-syllable accent
>
> https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diaspora
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