How do you, personally, pronounce the word "terrorist&q

MollyB   Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:31 am GMT
How do you, personally, pronounce the word "terrorist"? Listening to some native speakers ,I often hear it as "tourist", but some pronounce it as "terrace", apparently.

See here (from minute 2:12 on.):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIMPFCU7lhU&feature=related
MollyB   Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:42 am GMT
Don't know what happened to the title, but this was it:

How do you, personally, pronounce the word "terrorist"?
Uriel   Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:09 am GMT
Something like "terr'rist", with a slight "hold" between the two sets of R's. The first syllable is the same as "tear" (as in rip). but the O is only hinted at because it gets schwa'ed out and lost between the two other syllables. The final T is there, and aspirated, so it's not entirely like saying "terrace" -- but it's not far off.