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placate
Apparently the root of this, placara is related to placera, "to Please". True? I will not be implacable about this.
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Re: placate
I will offer a placatory sop and say, yes, it is related. Or akin as some put it.
Now, do you rhyme the first syllable with lay or lack? I say play-cate, but then switch to plack-atory. Plack-ate and play-catory just don't sound right to me.
Now, do you rhyme the first syllable with lay or lack? I say play-cate, but then switch to plack-atory. Plack-ate and play-catory just don't sound right to me.
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Re: placate
I pronounce the first 'a' in both placate and placatory as a schwa. As in abate and narrate.
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Re: placate
Interesting; I pronounce the first a of Abate and nArrate differently.I pronounce the first 'a' in both placate and placatory as a schwa. As in abate and narrate.
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