VIT a Min or VITE a Min?

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Standing under you will be judged how you reesponds.
Gusmans is Sociolologist, Socilogisous, sockiollogist wanna bee.

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Vit…:grinning:

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I will tell you the next time you inVIT me over to your house. :rofl:

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Vit is British English, Vite is American English.

What about in Oz, both?

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I am just having fun poking British English with a stick :grin:.

Now that we have the VYtal question of VYtamins resolved, shall we discuss the laborious addition of an extra syllable in “aluminum” :sunglasses:?

:laughing:

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Ah, but when InVITe you, it will have an “e” on the end! - unlike VITamin, which has no “e” :stuck_out_tongue::rofl:

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PS. - question to the OP - who is Gusmans? - and what does s/he have to say about “Vital” prounciations?! - :joy:

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I don’t know about aluminium: not a word you hear very often.

But there are words I hear regularly, bastardised: Privacy, Schedule, grrrr. What are they thinking and why are these sad Americanisms eating into my language?

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Should we get on the SHedule to go back to SHool?

Is PRIvacy a PRIvate matter?

Should we agree that all English is a SHizoprhenic language?

:grin:

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Good observation but the primary roots are the Latin “vita” and “amine” with that pesky “e” on the end. If we were to work through the Latin the pronunciation should be “VEEtaMEEN” with the accent on the last syllable.

It seems that we are all a disgrace :crazy_face:

I think I’ll be done with it and take up Mandarin.

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Been there and done that - their dictionally is huge !!

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Impressive!

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Vite a min.
I honestly do not remember hearing anyone say Vit a min

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Gusman is Bretrick’s oft hidden second persona.
From what I can ascertain, on the rare occasions Gusman makes an appearance, Vite a min is his preferred pronunciation. :slightly_smiling_face:

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You say Potayter and I say Potarter … you say tomayter and I say tomarter …
let’s call the whole thing off!

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca_esv=c03163c7c9a53b28&hl=en-gb&q=you+say+potato+i+say+potato&udm=7&fbs=ABzOT_CWdhQLP1FcmU5B0fn3xuWp6IcynRBrzjy_vjxR0KoDMnCPR1aB39SejwIm6m0bxhN_5AkbFQt2gnC9-5FyB1ilN964tnB-XEEQvuyVB4QticnVgDVad467AkRkEqMWiDYYEpGzIaJZteXHGV9Sb_2juraUga3u2zl0JQFLX5Vsq1sX30UBVs8sdojgQsabgf4pwH7k&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjC2_HpzLKLAxUDUkEAHShOE_wQtKgLegQIJBAB&biw=1271&bih=818&dpr=2#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:8b531143,vid:LOILZ_D3aRg,st:0

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I agree with Bretrick

I have occasionally heard vit-amin - but nearly always vite-amin.

Same with privacy - occasionaly heard priv - acy but nearly always prive-acy

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Vite a min
Prive a cee

Different countries, languages, makes use of a tongue differently.

I enjoy hearing them.:blush:

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I have never heard anything but VITamin here in the UK.
Of course if it comes up on an American TV show is isn’t VITamin.

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All I ever hear here in the land down under is Vit a min

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^^ I am confused. upthread you said vite a min and you dont remember hearing anyone say vit a min.

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