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Robin Michael   Thu Mar 12, 2009 4:33 am GMT
Why do some people pronounce extraordinary as extra ordinary ...?

4. extraordinary: we don’t say the a when we pronounce extraordinary, but when you spell it think of it as “extra” “ordinary.”

http://palc.sd40.bc.ca/palc/feature/0301/spelldemons5.htm

Pronunciation Guide

http://forvo.com/word/extraordinary/

Mental Block > How do you pronounce the word 'extraordinary'

Yeah, it's a coagulation of "extra" and "ordinary", meaning beyond the ordinary. But when one fuses the two words together, one does not pronounce the "a". ...

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martin!   Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:08 am GMT
thanks :)