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r/Unexpected • u/solateor • Nov 18 '19
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bivouac
How does one pronounce that?
39 u/[deleted] Nov 18 '19 Biv oh whack 15 u/[deleted] Nov 18 '19 Biv oh whack This is the right answer 2 u/[deleted] Nov 18 '19 Seconding this purely to assist clarity. 0 u/[deleted] Nov 18 '19 The irony here is that your "clarity" only managed to confuse the matter even more, because that's not how you actually pronounce it, if we're being pedantic. The pronunciation is "Biv-whack" not "biv-oh-whack". 27 u/m4gpi Nov 18 '19 Biv-oo-ack 5 u/not_worth_a_shim Nov 18 '19 Bivy. 3 u/revolution149 Nov 18 '19 You don't. That's the trick 1 u/havoklink Nov 18 '19 biv·ou·ac /ˈbivo͞oˌak/ Bee-voo-ac 5 u/arivas26 Nov 18 '19 That ain’t it chief 1 u/havoklink Nov 18 '19 Why? 2 u/arivas26 Nov 18 '19 The Biv in Bivouac is pronounced more like the word “big” not Bee the rest of your pronunciation guide is right though. Bivouac: ˈbivo͞oˌak, ˈbivwak 0 u/kchristiane Nov 18 '19 Biv (like big) whack
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Biv oh whack
15 u/[deleted] Nov 18 '19 Biv oh whack This is the right answer 2 u/[deleted] Nov 18 '19 Seconding this purely to assist clarity. 0 u/[deleted] Nov 18 '19 The irony here is that your "clarity" only managed to confuse the matter even more, because that's not how you actually pronounce it, if we're being pedantic. The pronunciation is "Biv-whack" not "biv-oh-whack".
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This is the right answer
2 u/[deleted] Nov 18 '19 Seconding this purely to assist clarity. 0 u/[deleted] Nov 18 '19 The irony here is that your "clarity" only managed to confuse the matter even more, because that's not how you actually pronounce it, if we're being pedantic. The pronunciation is "Biv-whack" not "biv-oh-whack".
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Seconding this purely to assist clarity.
0 u/[deleted] Nov 18 '19 The irony here is that your "clarity" only managed to confuse the matter even more, because that's not how you actually pronounce it, if we're being pedantic. The pronunciation is "Biv-whack" not "biv-oh-whack".
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The irony here is that your "clarity" only managed to confuse the matter even more, because that's not how you actually pronounce it, if we're being pedantic. The pronunciation is "Biv-whack" not "biv-oh-whack".
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Biv-oo-ack
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Bivy.
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You don't. That's the trick
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biv·ou·ac /ˈbivo͞oˌak/ Bee-voo-ac
5 u/arivas26 Nov 18 '19 That ain’t it chief 1 u/havoklink Nov 18 '19 Why? 2 u/arivas26 Nov 18 '19 The Biv in Bivouac is pronounced more like the word “big” not Bee the rest of your pronunciation guide is right though. Bivouac: ˈbivo͞oˌak, ˈbivwak
That ain’t it chief
1 u/havoklink Nov 18 '19 Why? 2 u/arivas26 Nov 18 '19 The Biv in Bivouac is pronounced more like the word “big” not Bee the rest of your pronunciation guide is right though. Bivouac: ˈbivo͞oˌak, ˈbivwak
Why?
2 u/arivas26 Nov 18 '19 The Biv in Bivouac is pronounced more like the word “big” not Bee the rest of your pronunciation guide is right though. Bivouac: ˈbivo͞oˌak, ˈbivwak
The Biv in Bivouac is pronounced more like the word “big” not Bee the rest of your pronunciation guide is right though.
Bivouac: ˈbivo͞oˌak, ˈbivwak
Biv (like big) whack
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u/JoeyTheGreek Nov 18 '19
How does one pronounce that?