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Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:00 AM

I hate buzzwords! It's not "carbon," it's "carbon dioxide"

And what about these stupid yellow ribbons everywhere? I hate that too!
By Cary Tennis

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  • Wednesday, July 18, 2007 07:09 AM

    anonymous

    I'm not sure why you need to be "anonymous" when commenting on this terribly controversial subject, but of course, it is your choice.

    However, on dissect, I see both pronunciations listed in every resource I consulted on the pronunciation. I looked because I have never heard it pronounced as you suggest, rather alway rhyming with bisect. Not even in college biology was the word ever pronounced with the first syllable similar to divide. Apparently, some decades ago, there was discussion over which was correct, and now both are acceptable.

    I hope nobody is going to come for me, since I'm posting only semi-anonymously, under my user name.

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