110 have been common for at least a century and a half (Amer. only the first pronunciation). chaff rhymes with staff. chagrin stress on 1st syllable; 2nd as grin (Amer. stress on 2nd syllable). chamois (antelope): sham-wah; (leather) shammy. chastisement traditionally with stress on 1st syllable; now often on 2nd. chimera ch = k not sh chiropodist strictly ch = k, but pronunciation as sh is common. choleric 1st two syllables like collar. cigarette stress on 3rd syllable (Amer. on 1st). clandestine stress on 2nd syllable. clangour rhymes with anger. clientele kleeon-tell. clique rhymes with leak, not lick. coccyx cc = ks. colander 1st syllable as cull. combat (verb), combatant, -ive: stress on 1st syllable (Amer. on 2nd). combine (noun): stress on 1st syllable. commandant stress originally on 3rd syllable; now often on 1st. communal stress on 1st syllable. commune (noun): stress on 1st syllable. comparable stress on 1st syllable, not on 2nd. compensatory the older (and Amer.) pronunciation has stress on 2nd syllable, but stress on 3rd is now common. compilation 2nd syllable as pill. composite stress on 1st syllable; 3rd as that of opposite (Amer. stress on 2nd syllable). conch originally = conk; now often with ch as in lunch. conduit last three letters like those of circuit (Amer. con-doo-it). 110
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