How do Americans pronounce “stimuli”? [stim-yu-lie] or [stim-yu-lee] (2024)

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sti-myuh-lai

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@dratokki Just to confirm, the final syllable sounds exactly like the word “lie”, right?

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@dratokki Ok. The other pronunciation [sti-myuh-lee] is not used or not as common?

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people often say sti-myuh-lee but the right pronunciation is sti-myuh-lie

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@dratokki So the wrong pronunciation is actually used more. Thank you!

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@newenglandgenie Sorry that I can’t play the recording, because I’m not a premium user. Could you explain it in words?

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@studiousme it’s stim-you-LIE. I checked on YouTube for the correct pronunciation

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@newenglandgenie Ok. So it’s [stim-you-lie] with the first syllable stressed. That really helps.

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@studiousme correct 😉

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@newenglandgenie Thanks a lot!

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