I was fairly certain that I pronounced it as four syllables starting with “et”, but when I said it aloud I heard myself utter three syllables starting with “et”.
10 months ago | 1
maybe as a consequence of using it too much i usually don't pronounce the initial vowel and just say /t͜sɛt͜ʃɹə/ in practice (im bad at ipa transcription)
10 months ago
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The same way Yul Brynner said it in "The King and I". Because I'm old. (The first one)
10 months ago (edited) | 2
Yup aussie here too who starts it properly with "ets". I tend to hear the "ex" version on american tv. Always just assumed it was similar to how americans sometimes say "aks" instead of "ask".
10 months ago | 4
was gonna say 3-syllable-et but i realised when i'm not thinking about it i tend to half drop the t as if simplifying /ts/ and also tra→tchra so in practice it usually ends up sounding like e-tset-chra (melbs)
10 months ago (edited) | 3
If you'd go up and ask me how many syllables I think "et cetera" has, and whether I pronounce the T as a T, I would say "four" and "yes". But I think in terms of realizations that the ⟨ter⟩ often gets realized as /ɾ.ɹ/ in rapid speech, which would make "et cetera" properly have three syllables.
10 months ago | 4
It's option 1 in Australia, though some people mispronounce it as 'exetera'.
10 months ago | 1
I'd have it starting with "ick". The vowel is KIT, rather than DRESS, but also it feels to me like the syllables break between the /k/ and the /s/, rather than after the /s/. /ɪk.sɛt.rə/ (which is normally then actually produced as [ɪk.sɛt͡ʃ.rə])
10 months ago | 2
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Which way do you say "etcetera"?
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