[Ads-l] Diaspora

[Laurence Horn]

Not sure how frequently "diasporic" comes up in conversation; I'd wager
quite a bit less often than the base noun.

On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 5:02 PM Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Surely the more relevant influence here would be the pronunciation of
> "diasporic" with penultimate stress?
>
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 4:28 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > 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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