| The American Heritage® Book of English Usage. |
A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English. 1996.
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7. Pronunciation Challenges: Confusions and Controversy
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| § 70. ebullience / ebullient |
Traditionally, these are pronounced ( -b l´y ns) and (-bl´ynt), with a short u in the second syllable as in gull. This is apparently still the preferred pronunciation in British English. In American English, the variant pronunciations (-b l´yns) and (-bl´ynt), with the second syllable like bull, are now equally common. | 1 |
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