On Sun, 11 Dec 2016 09:14:09 +0100, Marc Haber <mh+debian-devel@zugschlus.de> wrote: > And, while we're at it, how is "locale" pronounced? I have a native > speaker in my filter bubble who claims that it's short for "local > environment" and therefore pronounced "local e", but that sounds wrong > for me. Is the example pronouncement given on > http://dict.leo.org/dictQuery/m-vocab/ende/de.html?searchLoc=0&lp=ende&lang=de&directN=0&rmWords=off&search=locale&resultOrder=basic&multiwordShowSingle=on > correct even in AmE? Yes, locale isn't a neologism; it refers to a place: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/locale The pronunciation given on LEO is correct. Regards, Stephen
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