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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 16 Jan 2015

    Eye-ran? Eye-rack? The American Heritage Dictionary blog on who pronounces it that way.http://goo.gl/wXQyIv 

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      1. Suzanne Ezekiel‏ @SuzanneEzekiel 16 Jan 2015
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        “@sapinker: Eye-ran? Eye-rack? The American Heritage Dictionary blog on who pronounces it that way. http://goo.gl/wXQyIv ”@ImanGhaderi

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      1. Francis DiBona‏ @Imkiddoc 18 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker Our family is of Italian heritage. My aunt always said we were Eye-Talian.

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      1. Jan‏ @aaj1an 17 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker Very common in eastern Iowa. Eye-tallian also (Italian). Still startles me.

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      1. Resnick Audiology‏ @resnickears 16 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker Check out Stevie Wonder's "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing," about 25 seconds into the intro

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      1. Dan Tobias‏ @dantobias 16 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker And Iran... Iran so far away... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_Pq0xYr3L4&spfreload=10 …

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      1. David Smith‏ @theedwardian81 16 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker Full disclosure: I didn't know Nevada took a short a until last week.

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      1. David Smith‏ @theedwardian81 16 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker The most isolated mispronounce government sponsored killing fields badly?

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      1. David Thomas‏ @vanya42st 16 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker I'm from Montana. Is it creeeek or crick? I say Rock Crick. Creek sounds too formal. I wonder where I got that?

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      1. John‏ @JDP_60 16 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker eye-t's very eye-rritating when yanks invent eye-t's own pronunciation for the names of sovereign states...

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      1. Well, I never‏ @smile_of_decade 16 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker don't tell me you drive a Ren-awlt to buy some erbs...

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      1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 16 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker Working class Londoners in their 80s & 90s pronounce it that way. Not sure why.

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      1. FalconCrest‏ @TheTheGrinch7 16 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker @RumsfeldOffice knew how to pronounce the enemies of the west: "Bin lay-dn" 👏👍

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      1. LynneAvVer ✡️ 🕯️‏ @LynneAvVer 16 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker I'm trying to get my neighbor to stop saying Afa gan i stan. It goes w/the Afa gan on her couch.

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      1. Underdog‏ @rdbrewer4 16 Jan 2015
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        @sapinker Eye-talian too.

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