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Thesaurus

19-06-2011 12:01PM

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Sinfonia

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How do you pronounce it?

And does anybody have any concrete evidence for one pronunciation over the other?

fkajwefbnkv2r34r5t24 6 votes

the-SAUR-us

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THESarrus

100% 6 votes

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#2 19-06-2011 12:05PM

biko

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From AH.

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#3 19-06-2011 12:05PM

Killer Pigeon

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Þes-or-us

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#4 19-06-2011 12:33PM

Earthhorse

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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/thesaurus

And click on the little sound clip.

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#5 20-06-2011 01:29PM

deman

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Oops. Clicked wrong option. Should be the first.

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#6 20-06-2011 01:44PM

pickarooney

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THESarrus in Latin, but theSAURus in English.

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