How do you pronounce E L E C T O R A L

[Catch22Dem]

I can't EVEN tell you the number of "professional" reporters I've heard say this incorrectly. So, DUers, show them how it's done.

I'll give you a hint. If it ends with "ee-ul" it's wrong.

[skooooo]

1. None of the above..

ee-lect-OR-al

[Ediacara]

2. el-ek-TOR-ul

None of your choices are correct.

[mermaid]

3. e - LEK - tor - ul

n/t

[Kokonoe]

4. http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=electoral

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=electoral

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. another 'none of the above'

eh-LECT-or-uhl (how I'd say it)
or
ee-LECT-or-uhl (alternative given in Chambers English Dictionary)

But note that Chambers (a British dictionary) also gives an alternative spelling: electorial. So that's where your 'ee-ul' comes from.

[rock]

6. Sure, sure, but how doe you pronounce E L E C T O R I A L?

That's what I really want to know.

On edit: so I go over to www.dictionary.com and find

1 entry found for electorial.
electorial

\E`lec*to"ri*al\, a. Electoral. --Burke.



Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

[Gman]

7. uh-LECT-ral

but then, I'm from Texas

[Carolinian]

8. Forgive my southern accent.

[demwing]

9. From Dictionary.Com

ih - LEK - ter - el

Emphasis on the 2nd syllable.

Vowel sounds, syllable by syllable:

1. ih - like the I in pit
2. LEK - like the E in pet
3. ter - like the E in item or the U in circus
4. el - like the E in item or the U in circus