Pronunciation of Advertisement

[SeaBreeze]

I've always pronounced it as adverTISEment, although I've heard many over recent years say adVERtisement. How do you pronounce the word?

 

[Falcon]

Like you Sea.

 

[AprilT]

I just say ad, but if sounding out the entire word, I find though I probably once said adver tise ment, ad vert is ment slides off the tongue better at least that's how I hear it in my head when I think of pronouncing it fully, I just can't recall the last time I or anyone else I know used the word in full except possibly in writing.

 

[Cookie]

I pronounce it the same as you SeaBreeze.

 

[jujube]

AdVERtisement seems to be the British pronunciation. AdverTISEment, the American way. Ah'm a elderly Suthner....we say ad. No use wasting what little breath I have left on four syllables when I can use one.

 

[AZ Jim]

I say it the same as you SB!!

 

[Warrigal]

AdVERtisement seems to be the British pronunciation. AdverTISEment, the American way. Ah'm a elderly Suthner....we say ad. No use wasting what little breath I have left on four syllables when I can use one.

I agree jujube. It is the norm in British pronunciation to put the stress on the second syllable - ad- VERT - is - ment. It's not a hard and fast rule and I hear the American pronunciation quite often (that's off-en, by the way). I like the abbreviation AD too.

 

[Ameriscot]

I say it the American way but in the UK it seems to be most common to shorten it to advert instead of ad.

 

[oakapple]

Same as you SeaBreeze,adVER etc.Yes, we mainly say adverts here or ads.However we love the way you say aluminium, teehee!nthego:

 

[hollydolly]

AdVERtisment in England although I grew up in Scotland where we always pronounced it adverTISEment...

Similar difference with the Shires...in Scotland it's usually pronounced LanarkSHIRE, RenfrewSHIRE etc..in England although spelled the same way it's pronounced HertfordSHIR, DerbySHIR etc..

Another difference between the American pronunciation and the English is with the suffix Burgh... English (UK as a whole) pronounce for example Edinburgh as Edinburah...Americans pronounce it Edinburrow

 

[Ameriscot]

AdVERtisment in England although I grew up in Scotland where we always pronounced it adverTISEment...

Similar difference with the Shires...in Scotland it's usually pronounced LanarkSHIRE, RenfrewSHIRE etc..in England although spelled the same way it's pronounced HertfordSHIR, DerbySHIR etc..

Another difference between the American pronunciation and the English is with the suffix Burgh... English (UK as a whole) pronounce for example Edinburgh as Edinburah...Americans pronounce it Edinburrow

I've seen many Americans type it as Edinborough. I'll never figure out why so many say Glass-cow for Glasgow.